Narrative:

In preparing to leave tallahassee regional (tlh), I asked clearance if I could have direct to pns. This would entail flying through restr airspace. I was told I could have direct and I double-checked that it was ok to go direct. A little ways outside of tlh departure control I was told to continue on course and squawk VFR. I did so and continued on course. I thought it a little strange I wasn't passed on to someone else, as I had been on the way over, but it was really quiet on the way over and I figured it was just not active at all that day. I monitored the frequency I had been given that morning when I went through the same airspace and it, too, was quiet. It wasn't until I contacted pns approach that I was told that they wanted to talk with me. I called approach and they gave me a number to call at eglin, which I promptly did. I apologized and he was very nice. I should have contacted them even though tlh departure dropped the ball in cutting me loose. I made the mistake in thinking that tlh had contacted the owner of the airspace or else they could not have told me that I could have the direct route through the restr airspace. I had told tlh departure that if I couldn't have direct I would fly to pfn and through the usual corridor for transit, but they said I could go direct. It was not my intention to blatantly intrude on the restr airspace. Tlh departure messed up in not handing me off and I messed up in not calling them on it or contacting eglin before entering their airspace.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA38 PLT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED CLRNC TO GO DIRECT TO HIS DEST. THIS REQUIRED PENETRATION OF A MIL RESTR AREA.

Narrative: IN PREPARING TO LEAVE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL (TLH), I ASKED CLRNC IF I COULD HAVE DIRECT TO PNS. THIS WOULD ENTAIL FLYING THROUGH RESTR AIRSPACE. I WAS TOLD I COULD HAVE DIRECT AND I DOUBLE-CHKED THAT IT WAS OK TO GO DIRECT. A LITTLE WAYS OUTSIDE OF TLH DEP CTL I WAS TOLD TO CONTINUE ON COURSE AND SQUAWK VFR. I DID SO AND CONTINUED ON COURSE. I THOUGHT IT A LITTLE STRANGE I WASN'T PASSED ON TO SOMEONE ELSE, AS I HAD BEEN ON THE WAY OVER, BUT IT WAS REALLY QUIET ON THE WAY OVER AND I FIGURED IT WAS JUST NOT ACTIVE AT ALL THAT DAY. I MONITORED THE FREQ I HAD BEEN GIVEN THAT MORNING WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE SAME AIRSPACE AND IT, TOO, WAS QUIET. IT WASN'T UNTIL I CONTACTED PNS APCH THAT I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WANTED TO TALK WITH ME. I CALLED APCH AND THEY GAVE ME A NUMBER TO CALL AT EGLIN, WHICH I PROMPTLY DID. I APOLOGIZED AND HE WAS VERY NICE. I SHOULD HAVE CONTACTED THEM EVEN THOUGH TLH DEP DROPPED THE BALL IN CUTTING ME LOOSE. I MADE THE MISTAKE IN THINKING THAT TLH HAD CONTACTED THE OWNER OF THE AIRSPACE OR ELSE THEY COULD NOT HAVE TOLD ME THAT I COULD HAVE THE DIRECT RTE THROUGH THE RESTR AIRSPACE. I HAD TOLD TLH DEP THAT IF I COULDN'T HAVE DIRECT I WOULD FLY TO PFN AND THROUGH THE USUAL CORRIDOR FOR TRANSIT, BUT THEY SAID I COULD GO DIRECT. IT WAS NOT MY INTENTION TO BLATANTLY INTRUDE ON THE RESTR AIRSPACE. TLH DEP MESSED UP IN NOT HANDING ME OFF AND I MESSED UP IN NOT CALLING THEM ON IT OR CONTACTING EGLIN BEFORE ENTERING THEIR AIRSPACE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.