Yup, he did nothing wrong... I always return to tower frequency if I did not
get a reply within a reasonable time on any new frequency I am given...
Maybe the tower gave me the wrong frequency... Maybe ATC just had a
lightning strike... Who knows - but you do know who you just talked to and
he has telephone links, etc..

And, I suggest having all of the listed departure and approach frequencies
for that facility, scribbled on your knee board prior to take off, just in
case...

BTW, if the request was for VFR flight following, why was the pilot in the
soup at 1700 agl? rhetorical question
denny

"Roy Smith" wrote in message I certainly don't see
anything that the pilot did contrary to FARs.