"Brad Z" wrote in message
news:B%4Xb.306189$na.460859@attbi_s04...

How did you contact approach prior to departure, RCO, GCO, telephone? If
so, he didn't know when you'd appear and didn't give you blanket
authorization to enter. Because entry doesn't require an ATC clearance,
you
won't hear the words "cleared into..." or the like. For clarification,
you
could check-in on the frequency with something like "N12345 off podunk
regional, 700 climbing for 3000, requesting overflight of Gunfire AFB, VFR
to Distantville Airport. If that's approved, you're golden. In your
scenario, after radar contact and 2-way comms in the air were established
without any further instructions to remain clear, you got the green light.


Wrong. He had been instructed to remain clear of the Class C airspace. He
doesn't have the green light until that instruction is superseded.