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  • Michael Dilday(Thursday, January 26 12 04:56 pm EST)

    After talking with several flight instructors it seems the consensus is that after you leave "C" airspace you need to be talking to ATC before re-entering. A call to Norfolk ATC resulted in a first answer of being since I was in contact with ATC it was not an issue but later in the conversation they were unsure. They are going to check on it and let me know.

  • Michael Dilday(Thursday, January 26 12 10:42 am EST)

    Looking at KORF "C" airspace there is an inner ring that extends from the surface to 4,000 ft. The outer ring extends from 1,200 ft to 4,000 ft. I have a clearance to depart to the west VFR. The tower assigns me at or below 1,000 and a heading of 270. Upon leaving the inner ring tower says "N12345 - radar services terminated, squawk VFR, frequency change approved". If I want to climb I will re-enter the charlie airspace at 1,200 feet. Not wanting to remain at 1,000 ft is it ok to re-enter the class "C" airspace without talking to tower again.