"Tom Fleischman" wrote in message
rthlink.net...

Sure that would work, along with something like, "N123AB, radar
contact, say destination and type aircraft", which was probably close
to what the original poster heard (my read of what he alluded to in his
original post).


"Resume own navigation" isn't appropriate in this case because the aircraft
was never vectored. The query "N123AB, radar contact, say destination and
type aircraft" accomplishes nothing by itself. Once the pilot answers the
controller might respond with "proceed on course", that would do it.