I'm a VFR airplane pilot. I earned my Private Pilot certificate in April 2004. I trained and eventually obtained my FAA licence in the Naples Air Center in Florida. I'm also holder of a JAA (European) Private Pilot Licence.

In March 2005 I plan to rent a non-turbocharged Cessna 172 from Anglo-American Aviation in California, fly to Florida and then back. My wife Marta will be accompaning me. The first part of the trip (West to East) we plan to fly along the southern border of the US, while the return part (East to West) we will fly more northerly route.

I always wanted to do this, however this trip is directly inspired by a friend of mine Filip Zawadiak who actually flew similar route in April 2004.

I estimate that the entire trip will take approximately 20-25 days.

During the flight I plan to use Lowrance Airmap 1000 GPS that I bought last year.

Below is my initial route plan. I used Jeppesen FliteStar VFR to prepare it. Unfortunately FliteStar does not generate HTML, this part I had to do manually :-(.

It is still preliminary and I expect that it will still change while I fine-tune the planning. On top of that the weather can of course change it completly...

Changes that I'm currently considering:

• Omit Charleston, SC and fly from St.Augustine to Fort Payne,AL with fuel stop somewhere else
• Stop in Houston (Space Center Houston) instead of Corpus Christi
• Stop in Pensacola 82J to visit National Museum of Naval Aviation
• I cannot make up my mind about the airport in Las Vegas, Las Vegas Mc Carren International (LAS) is closer to the center, but KVGT seems to be easier to access (and less traffic)
• Stop in Sedona,AZ KSEZ
• Stop in Santa Fe,NM KSAF
• Flying over Great Canyon