Pilot reports of being under flight following and violating another tower's airspace.

Attributes
ACN	1215857
Time
Date	201411
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	COF.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 440 Flight Crew Type 370
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 5

Narrative:

I was performing this flight for a photographer and were on our way to our second photo location. We were instructed by mlb to follow the coast north to our next location. Mlb never handed us off to cof tower so I asked if I could stay with them or if they wanted me to contact cof; they advised me to contact cof. After contacting cof tower the controller indicated I was already in his airspace. I apologized. These airspaces touching each other creates a hazardous situation for pilots. The controllers won't necessarily help you or hand you off to the neighboring airspace.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reports of being under flight following and violating another Tower's airspace.

Narrative: I was performing this flight for a photographer and were on our way to our second photo location. We were instructed by MLB to follow the coast north to our next location. MLB never handed us off to COF tower so I asked if I could stay with them or if they wanted me to contact COF; they advised me to contact COF. After contacting COF tower the controller indicated I was already in his airspace. I apologized. These airspaces touching each other creates a hazardous situation for pilots. The controllers won't necessarily help you or hand you off to the neighboring airspace.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.