Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (35)
timtripp
superb!
bmac62
From the looks of the exhaust pipes, there's a lot of little men shoveling a lot of coal on those two fires:-) Cool shape when viewed from this angle.
annie5
A demonstration flight is always interesting! Great capture :)
fredster66
These are not easy to get as I have tried and failed... great job!
Miska7
Very nice capture! Well done.
flora-crassella
großartig!!!!
flavia49
COOL image!! fantastic timing!
DennisReed
Zoom Zoom!
sandra46
WOW WOW WOW!!!!SPECTACULAR, SUBLIME!
flaviok
Outra fantástica captura, excelente foto meu amigo, aplausos (5)
bronwyn_lea
This is a superb picture! I used to live in Glendale, AZ and know where this is.
lyron
Fantastic image!!!!
RobyHermida
WOOOOOOOWWWWWW
renecyberdoc
impressive birds you show us for sure.
jocko500
up and away we go in a UFO lol not it a plane. cool afterburner shot
virginiese
perfect timing here !
jeroni
Excellent idea and perfect realisation
foxxmulder70
Nice capture!
Minda
wow!!! this is really amazing thanks for sharing this with us sig..love it..
drifterlee
Nice shot!!!!!
duncanoooo
Sweet!
Darkwish
Beautiful scene! Very well done!
capelito
WOW! Great shot!
PIERRE25
Impressionnant appareil!
tennesseecowgirl
Super shot!!
debbielove
Utter coolness! (Or hotness.......if you look at it from the wrong end!) A FAB plane shot. Love it! Rob.
dragonmuse
Very nice capture :)
Osper
OOOH Burners! :) Neat picture.
densa
great shot
MagikUnicorn
WOWWWWW