BE58; CORP PLT DEPARTS VFR TO PICK UP IFR CLRNC AIRBORNE. ATC HAD GIVEN HIM AN 8 MIN DELAY; AND WOULD NOT ISSUE CLRNC AIRBORNE. HE ENTERS CLASS D AIRSPACE WITHOUT COM.

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FILED IFR; PDK DIRECT ATL; V97 PRATZ INTXN; DIRECT 11J (EARLY COUNTY; GA). WX RPTED SOMETHING LIKE CEILING 4500 FT; 5 MI VISIBILITY; HAZE. GOT CLRNC WHILE TAXIING AND IT READ 'CLRED 11J BY RADAR VECTORS TO INTERCEPT V97 PRATZ INTXN DIRECT TO 11J. CLB 3000 FT EXPECT 7000 FT IN 10 MINS; SQUAWK (IT'S IN THE ACFT) DEP FREQ ATL 119.3. CONTACT TWR 120.9 WHEN #1 FOR TKOF.' WHEN I WAS #1; TWR RPTED A 8 MIN DELAY FOR MY DEP. I SAID I'D DEPART VFR. HE GAVE ME 1200 SQUAWK AND ASKED WHAT DIRECTION. I SAID 270 DEGS; WAS CLRED FOR TKOF TURNED 270 DEGS. WAS TOLD APCH WOULD NOT LET ME PICK UP MY IFR AIRBORNE. I SAD NO PROB. I HAD TO ASK FOR A RADIO CHANGE. I THEN CALLED DEP 119.3 ASKED IF HE HAD TIME FOR VFR HANDLING. HE GAVE ME A SQUAWK AND SAID REMAIN OUTSIDE ATL CLASS B. ABOUT 2 MINS LATER THE CTLR ASKED IF I WAS TALKING TO DOBBINS TWR. I SAID; 'NO; I'M TALKING WITH YOU.' HE SAID SQUAWK 1200; CONTACT DOBBINS TWR. I HAD TO ASK TWR'S FREQ. HE GAVE IT TO ME. I CALLED DOBBINS AND TOLD HIM I WAS TALKING TO DEP WHEN DEP TOLD ME TO CONTACT HIM (DOBBINS). HE SAID HE WAS WATCHING ME AND ASKED WHAT HE COULD DO FOR ME. I TOLD HIM I WAS VFR HEADING FOR CSG. I SAID I WAS SORRY; AND HE SAID 'NO PROB.' THEN HE TOLD ME TO CONTACT FTY TWR. I CONTACTED FTY FOR VFR THROUGH HIS CLASS D. WAS GIVEN SQUAWK AND CLRED AT 3000 FT SW THROUGH HIS AREA. AFTER LEAVING HIS CLASS D; SQUAWKED 1200 INTERCEPTED 360 DEG CSG AND FLEW S (180 DEGS) ABOUT 35 MI N OF CSG. CONTACTED CSG APCH AND ASKED FOR AN IFR TO 11J AT 7000 FT. HE GAVE IT TO ME AND CONTINUED TO 11J. MY ERRORS WERE: 1) I SHOULD HAVE WAITED THE 8 MINS AND FLOWN MY IFR PLAN; AS I DO ALWAYS. (WE ARE IN ATL AT LEAST ONCE A WK.) 2) I MISREAD MY CLASS B VFR COMMERCIAL CHART. I THOUGHT IT SAID I WAS IN THE 3500 FT LEVEL BUT ACTUALLY WAS IN THE 6000 FT LEVEL. I COULD HAVE CLBED TO 5500 FT AND STAYED CLR OF ATL CLASS B AND MGE CLASS D. IN MY HASTE; I DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME REQUIRED TO STUDY THE VFR COMMERCIAL CHART. I DON'T FLY VFR IN ATL THAT MUCH. I'M ALWAYS IFR JUST BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT AIRSPACE IN THE AREA.