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miro as a pilot! I think that every small boy in the present times at some point of time dreamed of being either a fireman or a pilot. In my case it was the second alternative - I was never interested in a fireman's job. My first tries consisted of two glider lessons while I was in my high school. I liked it, however I could not make it through health examination (due to wearing glasses). Few years ago I have acquired a paraglider, but have never actually flown it. I managed only to fly few meters and then land. Not very exciting. In the beginning of Y2K (year 2000 for those who do not know what Y2K means) I have passed medical examination for pilots - a first step to becoming a pilot. Shortly after that I enrolled in a private pilot course and began my flight lessons on Cessna C-172 in Advanced Aviation flight school located at Lawrenceville (Gwinnett County) Airport. At first my participation was spotty, but thanks to my instructor Al Stewart I got back on track in August 2000. On September 17th, 2000 I made my first solo (I was allowed to take the plane to the air alone)! 
The plane I flew my first solo in (Cessna C-172 reg. N172WA). It was just three
takeoffs and landings, but nevertheless one-in-a-lifetime experience!
 My first solo cross-country soon followed. Cross-country flight is defined as a flight with a destination more than 50 nautical miles away. This picture documents my second solo cross-country, to Washington (but not DC, to Wilkes County, Georgia). 
This is a picture of my checkpoint intersection en-route to Toccoa, Georgia for my first solo cross-country.
This is an instrument panel of a Cessna C-172 that I fly.
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