PVT PLT ON A LCL NIGHT FLT PENETRATES CLASS C AIRSPACE.

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TOOK OFF FROM WINSTON-SALEM ARPT AT XA00 OR XA15 AFTER GETTING GND CLRNC FROM GBO (WINSTON-SALEM CLOSES AFTER XCPM LCL). SWITCHED BACK TO WINSTON-SALEM CTAF TO ADVISE TFC OF DEP AND POS. THOUGHT I DIDN'T NEED TO CONTACT GBO APCH BECAUSE I WAS FLYING W AND S OF THEIR CTL ZONE TO DO SOME PRACTICE NIGHT LNDGS AT SMALLER ARPTS TO THE S. SOMEHOW GOT LOST AT NIGHT; THOUGH; AND UPON RETURNING TO LAND AT WINSTON-SALEM; WANDERED UNKNOWINGLY THROUGH GBO'S AIRSPACE; WHILE I WAS STILL ON WINSTON-SALEM'S CTAF. LUCKILY; GBO APCH GET IN TOUCH WITH ME ON WINSTON-SALEM'S CTAF; TOLD ME OF MY ERROR; ETC. I IMMEDIATELY APOLOGIZED FOR MY ERROR AND GBO APCH GUIDED ME BACK WITH VECTORS TO LAND AT WINSTON-SALEM. PLANE WAS PIPER WARRIOR HANGARED AT CHAPEL HILLS H. WILLIAMS ARPT. THE PROB CAME FROM THE FACT THAT I WAS TOO INEXPERIENCED AT NIGHT FLYING; NIGHT NAV. RECOMMENDATION: DON'T FLY AT NIGHT UNLESS WITH AN INSTRUCTOR OR UNTIL INST RATING IS ATTAINED. THIS IS THE BEST LESSON I LEARNED ABOUT NIGHT FLYING; AND SO IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. IT IS ALSO MY ADVICE TO OTHER PVT PLTS WHO WANT TO BE SAFETY CONSCIOUS.