Lee McGee's Ranch World 2007

<--- This is me, in my living room with my 12-string Guild guitar.

This is me flying upside down --->
near Half Moon Bay, California.

I am flying a maneuver called a snap roll, executed at a modest speed as an accelerated stall, but stalling one wing before the other using the rudder to create yaw. The result is a quick horizontal spin, like a maple seed falling sideways. The airplane is a 1968 Citabria 7ECA.

Greetings, and welcome to my home in El Dorado County, California!

I am a Data Base Administrator for Sybase, Oracle. DB2 and other data base environments, and have been working in the internet industry for the past decade; I am currently employed by a startup on-demand project management software provider, Innotas, operating out of San Francisco and Sacramento, California. I hope to retire from this position someday.

In the meantime, I enjoy greatly a rural lifestyle on my ranch in Mount Aukum, California, a small community in the California Mother Lode gold mining and winegrowing region, near State Route 49 between the towns of Placerville and Jackson.

And then there's flying. And also music. And even computers. Ah, life!

Share with me here some of my passions, via this strange and wonderful web-vehicle...such as...

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• Aviation
  • Help me build an Acroduster Too biplane in my pole barn - (The Acroduster Too is a design from the Stolp Starduster Corporation, formerly in Oroville California but now a product of Aircraft Spruce Corporation
  • Check out some of my general aviation aircraft flight reports and experiences in We Fly
  • Hot sport aviation sites:
    • landings.com has been for years THE jumping-off spot for those interested in aviation.
    • Exotic Aircraft Company in San Diego, California runs a very comprehensive aviation flea market at www.barnstormers.com. This is THE place to locate privately-owned aviation stuff to buy on the internet.
    • Visit the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)
    • Visit the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
    • Check out my favorite flying club and aircraft rental location, West Valley Flying Club

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• Music-Making
  • John Prine writes really great songs, and most don't even know about him. I do! Find out about Prine at Oh Boy Records
  • Learn about Joni Mitchell at one of the most fabulous Web sites ever!
  • Come to the Berkeley Sing-Thing.
  • Visit Placerville's The Cozmic Cafe, my favorite local coffeehouse, hangout and open mic and music venue.

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