PVT SMA PLT GETS TALKED INTO AN ILLOGICAL VECTORING. RADIO NAV FLT ASSIST AFTER FAILING TO ACCOMPLISH THE DESIRED FREQ CHANGE.

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I WAS FLYING AN SMA FROM ARE DIRECT OWD IN ORDER TO BUILD XCOUNTRY TIME FOR MY INST RATING. I WAS PRESSED FOR TIME TO RETURN ACFT TO FBO ON TIME AND OWD IS DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM THE AIR AND I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. (NOT VERY; ANYWAY). WITH ALL THIS IN MIND AND KNOWING IT WASN'T RUSH HR FOR BOS APCH; I DECIDED TO ASK THEM TO POINT OUT TO ME VIA A COUPLE OF VECTORS. IF THAT HADN'T BEEN AN OPTION; I WOULD SIMPLY HAVE DONE A LITTLE VOR WORK. I FIGURED WANDERING AROUND THE VICINITY OF OWD WASN'T WISE WITH THE TCA SO CLOSE TO ME. ACFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH 'FLIP FLOP' RADIO; I DIALED BOS APCH BUT FORGOT TO FLIP RADIO. ACCIDENTALLY CALLED OWE TWR. THEY DECIDED TO HELP ME THEMSELVES; INSTEAD OF BOS. I STARTED HDG W TO AVOID TCA. MY ONLY PROBLEM WAS BEING UNABLE TO LOCATE OWD. I WASN'T LOST UNTIL THEY STARTED TRYING TO GIVE ME A VOR LESSON OVER THE RADIO. THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT ALL I WANTED WAS TO HAVE THE ARPT POINTED OUT TO ME. OWD GAVE ME A SQUAWK CODE. OWD TOLD ME TO CONTACT QUANSETT APCH; THEY HANDED ME OFF TO BOS APCH; AND ALL FACILITIES WERE POLITE; COURTEOUS AND HELPFUL. A SUPVR AT OWD TWR (WHO WAS NOT WORKING THE FREQS) DECIDED TO TAKE IT UPON HIMSELF TO JUDGE MY COMPETENCY AS A PLT BECAUSE I CHOSE TO ENLIST THE HELP OF ATC. MIGHT I MENTION THAT FOLKS END UP IN FLYING MAGAZINES AFTERMATH COLUMN BECAUSE PROBLEM (LOSING A FIELD) BECOMES SEVERAL PROBLEMS (LOSING A FIELD AND BEING LOW ON FUEL AND DETERIORATING WX). THIS MAN WHO DECIDED I WAS NOT A GOOD PLT DOESN'T EVEN FLY HIMSELF AT ALL. I THOUGHT I DID THE RIGHT THING. BUT I WILL NEVER ASK FOR HELP AGAIN UNLESS IT IS AN EMER. I ONLY ASKED FOR HELP TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE I WANTED TO RETURN THE AIRPLANE ON TIME. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL! THE CONVERSATION WITH SUPVR TOOK PLACE IN THE TWR CAB AFTER LNDG.