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 (36)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
1358
very crisp capture, zooming in pops up the details nicely, overcast skies flatten the background a bit but a very interesting perspective. Most people would have shot from the nose on or a direct profile!
naterry
can i go please
MagikUnicorn
SWEET ANGLE WONDERFUL CAPTURE
flavia49
marvelous capture
Faemike55
Fantastic capture looks like fun
emmecielle
Excellent capture! :)
blinkings
How exciting.
Dreamingbee
oh my - great photo Sig!
Rainastorm
Very cool :-)
erlandpil
Fantastic capture erland
kbrog
Excellent POV and capture! :)
jayfar
Looks like he's in the action, super shot.
drifterlee
Cool the way the wings fold.
Maxidyne
What a cool experience. Fine shot too :)
KarmaSong
Excellent pov for this vintage Curtiss, Sig! What a beautiful photo!
eekdog
very impressive photo, the pov is also super.
npauling
An excellent capture but I'm not sure I would like to go in a plane that has folding wings.
jocko500
super cool
auntietk
Cool shot! I love the angle, and all the details. Nicely done!
renecyberdoc
awesome.
bebert
nice capture
casmindo
Nice, what a ride that would be
debbielove
What a great view and I wish I was that guy!!!!!! lol Excellent shot of an extremely rare aircraft, well taken Sig! Rob
UteBigSmile
Super, wie wär's denn mit einem Abstecher mit dem Siggi????
Leije
Excellent shot !
farmerC
Shining shot.
sandra46
AMAZING POV
Richardphotos
very fortunate man to have a ride. superb capture
adrie
Great capture my friend.