"pgbnh" wrote in message
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I suspect that you were either out of, or aboiut to be out of, his
airspace. Thus " I can not clear you ........" (until you fly northeast to
get back in my airspace). I would hope that a controller would have said
'unable - contact approach on xxx.yy for your clearance'.

Or perhaps you could have proposed to mcGuire that you continue VFR and
open with the next controller

Thought of that only after the fact.

Kobra