True. The difference here is of course that you will be handed off to
departure whether VFR or IFR, and will be easily able to recover. You
will not be faced with being in limbo as described in the original
post.


On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:39:23 -0500, Ron Natalie
wrote:

Robert M. Gary wrote:
On Nov 27, 1:56 pm, wrote:
Whenever you are cleared for takeoff and do not get some kind of
instruction from tower (fly runway heading, turn left xxx., etc), be
suspicious.

Have you ever not been given such instructions when VFR?? I've never
gotten a VFR takeoff clearance that didn't include some instruction on
what heading (or at least direction) to fly until leaving the class D.


From class B's and certain class C's it was given to me prior to
taxi. The Dulles standard VFR departure is:

Cleared into the class B via fly runway heading maintain vfr at
or below 1500 departure frqeuency 126.1 squawk 0423

Very unusual at class D towers to be given any restriction after
takeoff.