B A R R Y wrote:
My local Delta base (HFD) will contact nearby BDL TRACON and obtain a
squawk code for VFR flight following ...

In hindsight, I'm guessing I should have been on clearance delivery.




I think you are supposed to call the clnc del for that at a charlie.
That has always been my experience at PVD as well. I tried w/ ground
before too and got the aeronautical equivalent of the finger. :-)
Come to think of it, I've had the same experience at BDL also. So yeah,
in my experience, clnc del is the way to go for VFR departure.

KC