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 (26)
jayfar
Clever stuff and very well captured Sig.
Cyve
Fantastic capture very very well done
jocko500
wow that must have been something to see
UVDan
The hillbilly aircraft carrier! Great shot. This reminds me of the short field take off and landing competitions between the bush pilots in Alaska. Some of those planes take off in less than 15 feet.
sandra46
MARVELOUS SHOT
blinkings
That's insane.......love it Sig.
Faemike55
there were some tight muscles involved in this one....
junge1
They made it look easy, but things could go wrong in a hurry!
renecyberdoc
dangerous manoeuvre indeed.
bebert
excellent instant !!
whaleman
Must have been cool to be there!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
auntietk
Holy cats! I would never think up such a thing, let alone believe it was possible. Amazing!
nefertiabet
Cool scene my friend and shot!!!
flavia49
amazing
debbielove
Ah yes! I saw this done once in the UK.. It was most impressive, well caught here.. Certainly takes some flying! Rob By the way, my e-mail system here is shot, I can't receive incoming OR outgoing mails now.. Only see e-bots on site now, so if I'm a bit scatty with comments I'm sorry.. Rob
ragouc
Cooool
ontar1
That is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UteBigSmile
Schöner Schnappschuss Siggi!
drifterlee
really cool shot!
dochtersions
Does this looks dangerous, Sigmund, aber ein ganz toller Anblick!!!
Richardphotos
only seen on TV. must have been a pleasure seeing in person
starship64
Fantastic capture. I've seen that stunt in movies, but never in real life.
erlandpil
very well captured erland
pat40
Brilliant.
danapommet
A great capture of this dangerous trick.