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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 (20)
drifterlee
AWesome planes!!!!!
Faemike55
Very cool capture Looking forward to that action shots
flora-crassella
very cool airplanes! Fantastic picture!!!!!!!!!!
dragonmuse
Very cool capture :)
bazza
Thunderbird's are GO.. ;-) Great capture and nice paint job !!
Osper
These guys never could fly straight and level!!! ;)
DennisReed
Great capture Sig!
bimm3d
wonderful planes and photo
Minda
Terrific capture sig..
bmac62
Four of the six...everything in formation...always a top notch show Sig.
lyron
Great capture!!
blinkings
I do love a nest of aerodynamically unstable Vipers, being the first production aircraft to introduce the concept of relaxed static stability! Great shot.
carlx
Excellent image, Sig!!!
nefertiabet
Fantastic airplanes, wonderful shot!!!
debbielove
One of the very best teams in the world... Never seen them... But they are performing at RAF Waddington this year.. That's only 40 miles away! Super shot once again Sig.. Rob
flavia49
beautiful
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend.
farmerC
Shining shot.
danapommet
Super capture and the heat ripples are very evident in zoom mode. They do put on a great show. Dana
emmecielle
Excellent shot! :)