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Getting an IFR Clearance
Fellow Aviators,
I was flying on Tuesday from N14 in NJ to Baltimore-Washington Airport. I was going IFR because of the Washington ADIZ. When I called McGuire Approach for my clearance I was given the route and all information except my release, void and advise times. They said to call back in 10 minutes for release. Ok...so I taxi down to the runway, do my run-up and pre-takeoff checks and wait the remaining time twiddling my thumbs for the full 10 minutes (hobbs running the whole time of course). I call in and they tell me that there will be another delay and to call back in 10 more minutes. I could have shut the engine down and waited, but I was also on a tight schedule as I had to be back to work at 3:00 pm and the current time was about 10:45 am. I said to my passenger, "we're gonna take off VFR and fly the filed route at 4,500 feet and then request opening the IFR flight plan in the air. After I said this I thought to myself, I bet this move will tick-off the controller and he'll end up giving me some random circuitous vectors just to show me who's boss. Sure enough as soon as I got leveled off on the first airway (V16) I called approach and requested my IFR flight plan be activated. The response was, "...I can't activate you're flight plan unless you fly 5 miles northeast..." Of course I was headed southwest. I turned around and flew about 8 miles before I again asked for my plan to be opened. I was told to standby and after another 2 minutes finally got my plan activated. Now, my question is: If I wasn't in his airspace (which I think I was) couldn't he have just told me to continue and contact Atlantic City approach to open my plan? Do you think I was being "paid back" for circumventing ATC's authority? Kobra |
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