"John Clonts" wrote in message
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Not the way I read it:

"Can Clearance Delivery (through an RCO on the ground) give a pop-up
IFR instead of Approach? So far I have found that they ask me to call
Approach when airborne, or file with FSS."


How can you read "...ask me to call Approach when airborne..." to mean on
the ground?