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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 (31)
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
adrie
Cool and excellent capture my friend.
Isabelle711
This is very interesting. :)))))) Love the amazing details of the people and the aircraft. :)))) Most excellent capture my friend. :)))) Thank you for sharing all of the beauty you see. :)))) Carry A Warm Smile In Your Heart :))))))
Faemike55
Very impressive capture
ollienorthie
nice shot
renecyberdoc
nice shiny baby.
bebert
very nice plane
ontar1
That is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jayfar
A stunning shot from this POV and great symmetry Sig.
Cyve
Another fabulous capture my friend ... Very very well done !!!
MagikUnicorn
EXCELLENT SHOT
casmindo
absolutely beautiful
drifterlee
Awesome POV here and plane!!!!!!
bmac62
Excellent POV Sig. We have a beautiful one here in Navy markings. Although the F7F was designed for carrier operations, it was deemed too big, too heavy and jets were changing the scene anyway. This is not a plane you want to lose an engine on during takeoff, ...it won't continue to fly...just point it straight ahead and hope you have room to land because that's what you are going to do whether you want to or not.
auntietk
Dang. Bill stole my thunder. That was exactly what I was going to say! LOL! Okay ... what I really want to know is whether or not you got to climb that ladder and peek inside. You can walk around ours and touch it all you want, but they don't have a ladder out.
sandra46
GREAT SHOT
tigertim
Awesome shot.. great POV!!
blinkings
Nice one Sig.
UVDan
Amazing!
gaius
Your aircraft series is just wonderful, thanks.
nefertiabet
Fantastic shot!!! :-)
UteBigSmile
Boah' dieses Flugobjekt finde ich KLASSE!
farmerC
Exellent.
emmecielle
Fantastic capture! :)
flavia49
magnificent POV!!
Buffalo1
I love the Tigercat. She's a sleek machine that just says, "I'm soooo fast."
starship64
Beautiful shot. Great angle!
Richardphotos
one bad a** plane. I would not want to have it on my tail. superb capture Sig
debbielove
Wow! Nice shot, very impressive POV.. Looking great in the sun.. Only seen one of these once, many years ago.. (At Duxford of course!).. Well done Sig, more please. Rob
nikolais
Stunning image in any respect, Sig!