FLC OF AN MLG ACR ACFT MADE EVASIVE TURN TO AVOID RPTED ACFT DURING CLB IN VFR CONDITIONS.

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ACFT DEPARTED W98 VFR IN GOOD WX. I CONTACTED RICHMOND APCH JUST AFTER TKOF AND ASKED FOR OUR IFR CLRNC TO 4I0. WE WERE GIVEN A XPONDER CODE WHICH I IMMEDIATELY SET. NO FURTHER XMISSIONS OCCURRED WITH RIC APCH FOR 2-3 MINS; AT WHICH TIME WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO LEVEL AT 9000 FT. I RPTED THAT WE WERE AT 9200 FT AND GOING BACK DOWN TO 9000 FT. AT THAT TIME I SAW THE MLG ACR TO OUR L APPROX 1/2 MI AND AT APPROX SAME ALT. THE PLT OF THE MLG ASKED RIC ABOUT US. HE ALSO SAID THE LTT APPEARED TO BE IN FORMATION WITH HIM AND THAT HIS TCASII HAD ALERTED HIM TO OUR PRESENCE. RIC SAID THAT HE WOULD RPT THE INCIDENT. I WAS NOT ASKED ANYTHING NOR DID I MAKE ANY STATEMENTS NOR ASK ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AIR (FREQ 119.9). I SUBSEQUENTLY WAS GIVEN A ZDC FREQ AND REST OF FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL. I BELIEVE RIC APCH WAS SLOW TO ESTABLISH RADAR CONTACT WITH US AND I BELIEVE I WAS OVERTAKEN FROM THE 6 O'CLOCK POS BY AN ACR MLG CLBING ON A SIMILAR RTE. NO EVASIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN BY US AND WAS NOT NEEDED WHEN WE SAW THE OTHER ACFT. I BELIEVE RIC APCH COULD HAVE ESTABLISHED RADAR CONTACT AND GIVEN APPROPRIATE ADVISORIES IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER. I BELIEVE THE ACR MLG OVERTOOK US FROM THE REAR AND AVOIDED US BECAUSE OF THEIR TCASII.