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 (40)
Faemike55
Great shot! That's a plane I'd love to ride in!
frankie96
The original Alaska taxi....
ragouc
Very good shots and composition.
lior
Superb!
tpx1
great capture!
lyron
Fantastic image. Great work!!
NoelCan
Great sequence..
thevolunteer
Great timing. Wonderful capture. Aloha Sig.
virginiese
the landing scenes are on water always so stunning ! Well captured Sig !
jeroni
Splendid composition and colors my friend
erlandpil
Very good shots erland
DirectorBob
Nicely Put together. I hade to run to my video files thought we had the same airplane. No Deferent airplane same state.
annie5
Fantastic pano Sig..well captured! :)
casmindo
This would be one of my FAVORITES! That would be the Taxi of choice! Nice job Sig
Richardphotos
excellent merging Sig. I have always wanted to land or take off on water
flora-crassella
großartige Flugfotos!!!
lucindawind
wonderful captures!
timtripp
well done!
MagikUnicorn
Superb panorama
durleybeachbum
Excellent!
renecyberdoc
most excellent shot.
carlx
Excellent image!!!
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend.
bmac62
Love these kind of shots. Great job on putting them togather.
jocko500
this is super
orig_buggy
love how you did this collage!!!
flavia49
fabulous picture!!!
sandra46
supercool collage of a seaing (or landing?)!
Minda
superb capture sig!!
danob
Bravo Sig great bit of postwork and photography