After quite a while (64.2 hrs flight time 134 t/o and landings in 13 month) I made my check ride in Teterboro, New Jersey on June, 8th 2003.
After my check ride for the Private Pilot License here is my ‘Maiden Flight’ with Petra as my first passenger and the third flight with Stefan (© Rainer Fehringer):
First Flight with Petra entering the East River in BrooklynYoutube