This page is dedicated to my journey to become a pilot! I have thrown together a bunch of stories, links and photos to document my experiences in earning my private pilot's license! Enjoy! This is the story of a pilot in the making... On 09-May-2003, I earned my Private Pilot's License. Exactly 18 months, 77.3 flight hours, 76 lessons, 195 landings and three flight instructors later, I am an FAA-certificated Pilot! Long-Winded Narratives! Solo! Read The Story of First Solo PPL Checkride! Read The Story of My Private Pilot Checkride While I am up flying around, I love to take pictures to share the miracle and beauty of flight with the folks back on the ground. Please visit my photo page! Take a look at my collection of aviation-related video that I have taken! Photos From Luke Days 2005.  Luke Air Force Base (KLUF), Phoenix, AZ Some of My Favorite Aviation Links (Links Will Open In Another Window) Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association AOPA StudentPilot.com StudentPilot.com Great Arizona Aviation Site! AZHangar.com Download Free Online Sectional Charts! AviationToolbox.com   My New Flight School! Westwind Aviation My Old Flight School! The Flight School of Gwinnett   AvWeb - General Aviation Site AvWeb Free Airport Information - Great Site! AirNav Track Commercial Flights Enroute! FlightView TONS of Aviation Abbreviations! Abbreviations Airports I Have Flown To or From! (Click for more Info!) Arizona DVT Home Base - Phoenix Deer Valley Airport, Phoenix, AZ SDL Scottsdale Municipal Airport, Scottsdale, AZ IWA Williams Gateway Airport, Phoenix, AZ California CRQ Mc Clellan-Palomar Airport, Carlsbad, CA Georgia LZU Briscoe Field, Lawrenceville, GA WDR Winder-Barrow Airport, Winder, GA (I soloed here!) 47A Cherokee County Airport, Canton, GA MLJ Baldwin County Airport, Milledgeville, GA HQU Thomson McDuffie County Airport, Thomson, GA AHN Athens/Ben Epps Airport, Athens, GA MCN Middle Georgia Regional Airport, Macon, GA D73 Monroe-Walton County Airport, Monroe, GA 4A0 Berry Hill Airport, Stockbridge, GA RMG Richard B Russell Airport, Rome, GA RYY Cobb County Airport-Mc Collum Field, Atlanta, GA FTY Fulton County Airport-Brown Field, Atlanta, GA Tennessee CHA Lovell Field Airport, Chattanooga, TN FYM Fayetteville Municipal Airport, Fayetteville, TN Alabama MDQ Madison County Executive Airport, Huntsville, AL Oregon S12 Albany Municipal Airport, Albany, OR Flight Funnies! Aviation Humor that I have collected! If you wish, click here to email me!! Last Updated 20-DEC-2006 You Are visitor Number To my Site. Thanks.