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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..
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Comments (35)
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend.
Richardphotos
excellent action shot Sig
Faemike55
Outstanding shot!
Rainastorm
Awesoem capture and what a huge mountain behind...awesome
shadownet
Sudden side-ward wind gust would not be good with all those powerline. Great capture.
bmac62
What a place Alaska is...great capture.
annie5
A wonderful action scene/capture Sig! :)
carlx
Cool moment and capture!!!
BecSchm
Great capture in a beautiful location!
adrie
Beautiful photoshot my friend, very well capture.
jeroni
Beautiful composition. excellent work
timtripp
cool the way you've 'stopped' the prop
NoelCan
Great capture..
flaviok
Fascinante captura, meu amigo, aplausos (5)
tennesseecowgirl
A place I plan to visit some day... nice to see.
MrsLubner
I get such a thrill from this. My cousin used to fly from one place to another when she worked in the northern region of Alaska. No roads led past the edge of town... :-) I always wished I could ride in one of those planes in the wilderness...see things others don't see.
danapommet
These "flightseeing" pilots were a little on the crazy side, to fly into some of the places that we went. Great group of pilots - great stop action capture. Dana
myrrhluz
Great capture.
duncanoooo
Everything about this is awesome!
romangirl
Your pictures are really beautiful!
MagikUnicorn
Beautiful Shot
auntietk
Wing and a Prayer! Excellent shot ... I love the composition, and the way it looks like the plane is coming in on the wires. Nicely done!
lyron
Great capture!!
ledwolorz
Wonderful photo.
renecyberdoc
amazing shot and region.
bebert
excellent capture.
JeffersonAF
Great capture.
flavia49
wonderful picture!!!
debbielove
Just stunningly COOL!!!! Jaw drops open..... Want to fly in one SOOOOO much...! Brilliant, Sig. love it. Rob. Thanks for F's!
Radar_rad-dude
Wow! What a great photo and such a magnificent and picturesque setting! Truly fantabulous! 5+++++