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 (27)
billcody
Hello Sig, nice catch, looks like somewhere from outer space! I´m here in Duesseldorf for some days, best greetings from H. Have a nice time and thanks for your Berlin pics. Good night for today.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
bazza
Nice capture of the rear of this jet Sig..
Richardphotos
bad a** looking fighter and photo
flavia49
fantastic!!!!
bebopdlx
Cool.
Faemike55
Great capture Sig! hope your computer problem is simple to fix and VERY inexpensive!
MagikUnicorn
Love it gr8 shot
starship64 Online Now!
Great capture!
RaykesPictures
A storyteller!
SunriseGirl
Wonderful tale about this tail. :) Hope your computer issues are soon resolved.
jayfar
Some plane, some engine !! Hope you get back to normal soon Sig.
vis151
That's cool looking!
Juliette.Gribnau
cool !
illkirch Online Now!
A plane with humor
ontar1
Cool capture!
nefertiabet
Wonderful capture my friend!!!
Silgrin
Really looks beautiful from this perspective.
farmerC
Shining shot.
emmecielle
Excellent capture! :)
sandra46
GREAT WORK!
dakotabluemoon
A painted rear best kind to have.
drifterlee
Very cool shot!
auntietk
Love the curvy-wurvy parts! :) The light plays so nicely with this plane. What fun!
aksirp
good old Lightning and I do like the POV and people/stuff near by!
danapommet
A monster piece of equipment and a very different look from the back! Good luck with your computer - mine crashed in January and I lost the thousands of slides I scanned last summer.
Cyve
Very great POV !