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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..
Comments (34)
dbrv6
Excellent POV! Cool capture.
shadownet
Always loved the spitfire! Great plane!
carlx
Love the perspective!!! Excellent capture!!!
Rainastorm
Ohhh tooo cool...Rob lookie there! Excellent shot and dedi!!
jocko500
wonderful shot here
flavia49
Fantastic shot!!! superb POV!!
debbielove
Ooooooooohhhh!! I'm drooling ALL over my keyboard now! NICE ONE, Sig! I was at Flying Legends two years ago, and they had 13 Spitfires! And they all took off together... An entire Squadron..... The Noise!.... Many, many, thanks... Rob.
lucindawind
another dantastic capture . I love how you got the propellors
iaacf
Nice picture!
orig_buggy
I like this pov!!!
annie5
Great perspective..super capture! :)
bazza
Wow this looks great, nice capture, Would be great to hear the noise of the take off of this plane.. well done!!
MagikUnicorn
Love this shot !
duncanoooo
Nice angle, looks like you were on the taxiway.
Faemike55
Wonderful shot! great POV!
bmac62
Whoa, great shot Sig. Love the details in the ZOOM version. Seeing another plane ahead on the taxiway makes me wonder how many low time "boys" during WWII ran into each other while taxiing. Imagine that huge prop chopping off the tail of the guy in front of him. I'm sure it happened more often than anyone wanted to admit.
danapommet
Liked yesterdays posting but this POV is awesome Sig. Can’t believe the size of the engine compartment. Bill is right, how did they not run into each other on the taxi way. I guess thats why they ziz zag on the way out. Dana
renecyberdoc
nice closeup of a great a/c
erlandpil
wonderful shot eland
PIERRE25
Jolie capture, belle photo!
jeroni
Splendid composition and colors my friend
Cosme..D..Churruca
fantastic pov here.
Minda
wow! This is cool shot sig,beautiful photo!!
casmindo
Nice job, that is when flying was really flying by the stick!
Alex_Antonov
Wonderful!
aureagle
nice shot!
emmecielle
Excellent capture! :)
Buffalo1
These Spit shots are just the things to cheer Rob up. Cheers me up, too! Superb POV.
Miska7
Very nice aircraft! Great capture.
NoelCan
Impressive.. I am having oral surgery this week. So I will be slow for a while.. I will also be thinking of everyone at Rendo, and missing You all.