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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 (35)
renecyberdoc
wow.
jocko500
all shiny for sure. cool shot
Jay-el-Jay
It both slices and dices.A fine shot of this glistening machine.
bobrgallegos
Great POV of these awesome blades!!
Faemike55
Just read up on the principles and thoughts behind this design - very cool concept Great capture of this setup
Cyve
WOW ... fabulous shoot here !!!
UVDan
A P-51 with contra props! Sweeeeeeeeeet!
dochtersions
Fantastic such a great close-up, Sigmund.
flavia49
cool shot
farmerC
Fantastic done.
jayfar
A fantastic shot and a great POV.
Juliette.Gribnau
wonderful capture; I love the reflections
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
Richardphotos
it would be a big job to keep it polished. very good plane capture
tigertim
Superb capture...hate to polish that beast!.. now a bright and shiney griffon powered P-51 with contraprops can only be one ship?.. Precious Metal? Love to see any other shots you have of this machine!
junge1
@ tigertim: You are right!
vis151
WOW that is nice!
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE IMAGE!
Razor42
Awesome!
blinkings
Very swish!
bmac62
Weeee, P-51 "Precious Metal". Found this video clip of it flying the day you took this photo on the flight line. Click Here
auntietk
Oh man. This is the ultimate in "Oooohh! Pretty! Shiny!" :)
whaleman
Probably the best prop shot I've seen! Well done!
UteBigSmile
Cooler Schnappschuss Siggi!
ontar1
That is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
moochagoo
I agree with whaleman
dragonmuse
wonderful capture. Have any more of this beauty?
starship64
Gorgeous shot!
Briney
Nothing beats chrome and polished metal eh?
icerian
Wow, this is really "Beauty"!!!