PA28-151 PLT ON REFRESHER TRAINING FLT MAKES UNAUTH FLT THROUGH CLASS D AIRSPACE.

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I HAD NOT FLOWN MUCH RECENTLY AND DECIDED ABOUT 3 WKS AGO TO TRY AND FLY EVERY 2 WKS. I ASKED A CFI TO GO AROUND WITH ME AT FIRST AND SHE DID FOR 1/4 OF AN HR. I THEN FLEW ON MAY/AA/97 1.2 HRS; AND MAY/CC/97 1.1 HRS. ON JUN/HH/97 I WANTED TO FLY TO THE S AS THE LAST 2 TIMES I HAD GONE OUT W TO NAVASOTA AND WEST HOUSTON. SO I LOOKED UP THE RWYS FOR SUGARLAND AND WEST HOUSTON AS I WANTED TO TOUCH-AND-GO A FEW TIMES AT EACH. I ALSO LOOKED UP THE UNICOM NUMBERS FOR BOTH AND WROTE THEM DOWN. I PREFLTED; CHKED MY RADIO; AND DID 2 TOUCH-AND-GOES AT WEISER THEN DEPARTED S. I CHKED THE RWY TO BE USED AT WEST HOUSTON ON 125.05 (RWY 15) AND PROCEEDED S TO SUGARLAND. AT ABOUT XA00 I CALLED INTO 122.975 AND SAID I WAS 4 MI TO THE N AND WOULD BE COMING INTO SUGARLAND ACROSS MIDFIELD FOR TOUCH-AND-GO AND ASKED WHICH RWY TO USE. I GOT NO RESPONSE. I THEN SAW A PLANE TO THE E TURNING DOWNWIND FOR RWY 17 (BUT DID NOT HEAR HIM). I RPTED IN ACROSS MIDFIELD AND SAID I WOULD BE GOING IN TOUCH-AND-GO #2 ON RWY 17. WHEN I CALLED BASE; THE PLANE WAS LNDG AND WHEN I CALLED FINAL; I NOTICED THE PLANE WAS SITTING ON THE RWY AND NOT CLRING. AFTER TURNING FINAL; I DECIDED THAT SOMETHING EITHER WAS WRONG WITH THAT PLANE OR WITH MY RADIO; SO I DECIDED TO GAR. I THEN PROCEEDED N TO WEST HOUSTON WHERE I DID 6 TOUCH-AND-GOES; THEN ON TO WEISER FOR 2 AND A FULL STOP. I HAD NOT FLOWN INTO SUGARLAND SINCE APR/95 BUT CHKED MY ARPT DIRECTORY AND SAW THAT TOUCH-AND-GOES WERE ALLOWED ON WKENDS. I HAD FOUND OUT LAST TIME I WENT TO ANDRAU THAT TOUCH-AND-GOES WERE NOT ALLOWED; SO I DID NOT GO THERE. BOTH MY SECTIONAL AND MY ARPT DIRECTORY BOOK ARE OUT OF DATE. I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A TWR AT SUGARLAND. I SAW NO PLANES ON THE GND OR IN THE AREA UNTIL THE ONE I FOLLOWED ON DOWNWIND. I WAS NOT AWARE UNTIL I LANDED AT WEISER THAT I HAD ERRED BY NOT CALLING IN TO THE TWR. I JUST THOUGHT AT FIRST THE PLANE AHEAD OF ME DID NOT CALL IN; WHEN HE DID NOT MOVE OFF THE RWY. I LEARNED THAT I NEED TO KEEP MY WRITTEN MATERIAL MORE UP TO DATE. I BOUGHT A CURRENT SECTIONAL AND ARPT DIRECTORY AND WILL ENSURE MY CALL NUMBERS ARE CORRECT IN THE FUTURE. ADDITIONALLY; I SPOKE TO BOTH SUGARLAND TWR AND FSS THAT AFTERNOON AFTER I LANDED; AND FOUND OUT I HAD CAUSED A PROB AT SUGARLAND. I EXPLAINED MY ACTIONS; APOLOGIZED; AND ASKED WHAT I COULD DO. I HAD ALREADY; BEFORE THIS INCIDENT; REALIZED I NEEDED SOME TWR INSTRUCTIONAL WORK AND HAD SCHEDULED 2 HRS WITH A CFI. THIS HAD BEEN SCHEDULED PRIOR TO ME KNOWING ABOUT THIS OCCURRENCE; AND I PLAN ON CONTINUING THAT LESSON.