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..
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Comments (14)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
jayfar
A shot to savour Sig.
Juliette.Gribnau
wonderful photograph
giulband
Very well taken !!!!!
T.Rex
"An emergency announcement to all pilots in this air space! The air traffic controller has just suffered a massive nervous breakdown. Please land at your own risk!" I always get this announcement in my head every time I see a museum hangar so full planes are even suspended from the ceiling! Good photo and thanks for the Concorde history. I remember a lot of this as it's all been in my time. Keep up the good work! :-)
Faemike55
This was always a very fascinating aircraft right along with the SR-71 Blackbird Great capture
blinkings
IMHO a seriously beautiful airliner.
starship64
Nice shot!
danapommet
An awesome photograph!
auntietk
There's a Concorde here too, and we got to walk through it. The inside is quite cramped! Still ... an iconic plane, and a fun adventure.
ontar1
Great capture and thanks for the info!
farmerC
Fantastic.
flavia49
great
debbielove
The ONLY time in mankind's history where we have actual stepped backwards.. And that's a fact! Good shot of a Concorde mate considering how full this place is.. Very famous aircraft that everyone knows and almost no-one knows what actually did kill it, it was not the engine fire.. I won't go into it here.. Neat photo.. Rob