Narrative:

I had filed and ADIZ/VFR flight plan the evening before this flight to depart from jyo to pass between dca and bwi en route to ged. At XA45 the next day at jyo we called pct clearance delivery to receive a transponder squawk code and departure frequency. Six other aircraft where in the run-up area awaiting the same. After delays, we received our code and departure frequency. We taxied, cleared the area, set our code in the transponder, announced our take-off intentions and launched from runway 17. Once clearing the pattern and heading on course, we switched to departure ATC. The frequency was congested with many pilots being told to depart the ADIZ in various directions, others trying to check in. We checked in at the first transmission gap with our position/altitude. Immediately we where told ATC didn't have us. We responded with our position again, our assigned transponder code and that we had a flight plan on file. ATC asked where we got our code? We told him from clearance delivery a minute ago. By this point, communications with ATC and local pilots where saturated. The ATC controller's attitude was waring and pilots where not happy taxpayers. ATC told us to take a heading of 40 degrees until clear of the ADIZ, and remain VFR once clear of the ADIZ. We responded that we had a flight plan on file to ged. He restated a heading of 40 degrees clear of the ADIZ. So here we are trying to do everything right to work within the system and we are forced out along with pilots before us and after us. Now we had to figure out what plan B was going to be. The frequency was jammed with ATC giving commands and being walked on by pilots trying to call in on time. Next was ATC calling us and telling us to 'proceed as filed' and that he had tried to call us eight times. We had him on the second call from what we heard on our side. The rest of the flight proceeded uneventful, with six frequency changes and calm controllers the rest of the way. This was the first good sat flying day in three weeks. Certainly ATC management knew that they had to ramp up for the demand given the WX and time of day from previous experience. Safety was at risk this day by mis-management of ATC resources, in my opinion.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RV8 HOME BUILT IS DIRECTED TO EXIT ADIZ WHEN PCT CTLR IS UNABLE TO FIND VFR FLT PLAN AFTER DEPING JYO. LATER, FLT PLAN FOUND AND PLT CLRED ON COURSE.

Narrative: I HAD FILED AND ADIZ/VFR FLT PLAN THE EVENING BEFORE THIS FLT TO DEPART FROM JYO TO PASS BETWEEN DCA AND BWI ENRTE TO GED. AT XA45 THE NEXT DAY AT JYO WE CALLED PCT CLRNC DELIVERY TO RECEIVE A XPONDER SQUAWK CODE AND DEP FREQUENCY. SIX OTHER ACFT WHERE IN THE RUN-UP AREA AWAITING THE SAME. AFTER DELAYS, WE RECEIVED OUR CODE AND DEP FREQUENCY. WE TAXIED, CLRED THE AREA, SET OUR CODE IN THE XPONDER, ANNOUNCED OUR TAKE-OFF INTENTIONS AND LAUNCHED FROM RWY 17. ONCE CLRING THE PATTERN AND HDG ON COURSE, WE SWITCHED TO DEP ATC. THE FREQUENCY WAS CONGESTED WITH MANY PLTS BEING TOLD TO DEPART THE ADIZ IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS, OTHERS TRYING TO CHK IN. WE CHKED IN AT THE FIRST XMISSION GAP WITH OUR POS/ALT. IMMEDIATELY WE WHERE TOLD ATC DIDN'T HAVE US. WE RESPONDED WITH OUR POS AGAIN, OUR ASSIGNED XPONDER CODE AND THAT WE HAD A FLT PLAN ON FILE. ATC ASKED WHERE WE GOT OUR CODE? WE TOLD HIM FROM CLRNC DELIVERY A MINUTE AGO. BY THIS POINT, COMS WITH ATC AND LOCAL PLTS WHERE SATURATED. THE ATC CTLR'S ATTITUDE WAS WARING AND PLTS WHERE NOT HAPPY TAXPAYERS. ATC TOLD US TO TAKE A HDG OF 40 DEGS UNTIL CLR OF THE ADIZ, AND REMAIN VFR ONCE CLR OF THE ADIZ. WE RESPONDED THAT WE HAD A FLT PLAN ON FILE TO GED. HE RESTATED A HDG OF 40 DEGS CLR OF THE ADIZ. SO HERE WE ARE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT TO WORK WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND WE ARE FORCED OUT ALONG WITH PLTS BEFORE US AND AFTER US. NOW WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PLAN B WAS GOING TO BE. THE FREQUENCY WAS JAMMED WITH ATC GIVING COMMANDS AND BEING WALKED ON BY PLTS TRYING TO CALL IN ON TIME. NEXT WAS ATC CALLING US AND TELLING US TO 'PROCEED AS FILED' AND THAT HE HAD TRIED TO CALL US EIGHT TIMES. WE HAD HIM ON THE SECOND CALL FROM WHAT WE HEARD ON OUR SIDE. THE REST OF THE FLT PROCEEDED UNEVENTFUL, WITH SIX FREQUENCY CHANGES AND CALM CTLRS THE REST OF THE WAY. THIS WAS THE FIRST GOOD SAT FLYING DAY IN THREE WEEKS. CERTAINLY ATC MANAGEMENT KNEW THAT THEY HAD TO RAMP UP FOR THE DEMAND GIVEN THE WX AND TIME OF DAY FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE. SAFETY WAS AT RISK THIS DAY BY MIS-MANAGEMENT OF ATC RESOURCES, IN MY OPINION.

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.