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 (28)
munich68
I did two renders with sun rise and planes.....always a perfect scene! Beautiful!
adrie
Beautiful sun rise capture my friend.
jayfar
Very nice indeed Sig.
junge1
The sun was so bright I had to find something to avoid shooting directly into the light. The old aircraft tail did just fine!
MagikUnicorn
LOVE IT
twingo
Excellent shot.
tigertim
Cool shot...cool angle.. interesting light pattern through that tail.. I guess it is a disused airframe!
auntietk
VERY nice shot! I'm not sure how cool it really is ... we've got the air going in the RV ... but we're in a little metal box. :P Should be just about perfect when the sun starts to go down! :)
Faemike55
Sweet capture and cool news Have a great day
ronmolina
Beautiful!
etoiledumatin
Belle luminosité de cette photo.
flavia49
fantastic picture
starship64
Beautiful shot!
SunriseGirl
This is really an amazing shot. It was very clever of you to use the tail of the plane to block the sun glare and pull off this wonderful sunrise capture. Thanks for sharing yet another fantastic photo.
farmerC
Exellent shot.
illkirch
Could be a shot from a Coppola movie.
Rob2753
Fantastic here we had the first frost of the year wishing I was there right now and longing for Greece too :) lovely sunrise shot
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
flaviok
how impressionante e maravilhosa captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
nefertiabet
Wonderful sunset and motiv!!!
giulband
good image !! If you like I have post also some of my photo at : http://www.flickr.com/photos/107293413@N04/sets/
UVDan
A fine shot and I sure am grateful for the cooler days we have been getting. Makes me want to get out and hike in the Superstition Mountains.
prutzworks
Stonehenge at Goodyear right light at right time
Cyve
Fantastic POV and marvelous photo!
ia-du-lin
beautiful capture!
emmecielle
Fantastic colours! great capture! :)
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!!!!!!
danapommet
A fantastic sunrise photo and enjoy your day with Bill and Tara!