FLC IN MDT TYPE ACFT ENRTE TO ABE HAD PROCEED TO WHERE THEY NEEDED TO START DOWN. THE CTLR AT ZDC AND THE CTLR AT ZNY DID NOT HAVE ANY RECORD OF THE FLT.

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ON SEP/TUE/99; I FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM PDK TO ABE. (MY NAME LISTED AS PIC ALTHOUGH I ONLY ACTED AS PIC FOR PART OF THE FLT.) I FILED THE FOLLOWING RTE: EAONE SPA J14 CREWE J51 DQO DIRECT ETX DIRECT ABE. OUR CLRNC WAS AS FOLLOWS: CLRED TO ABE VIA DIRECT SPA J14 GSO THEN AS FILED: MAINTAIN 3000 FT EXPECT FL410 IN 10 MINS; DEP FREQ 119.3 SQUAWK XXXX. WE DEPARTED PDK AT XA15 UTC. I CEASED ACTING AS A REQUIRED FLT CREW MEMBER (PIC OR SIC) AT OR ABOUT XA40 UTC. OTHER PLT CONTINUED AS PIC DURING COMPLETION OF PIC CHK AND ANOTHER ASSUMED SIC DUTIES. SOMEWHERE SW OF OTT AT OR ABOUT XB00 UTC WE WERE GIVEN A REVISED CLRNC: ACFT X CLRED TO DSND TO FL370 DIRECT LDN; LDN 031 DEG RADIAL TO INTERCEPT V377 HAR V162 DUMMR DIRECT ABE. THE CLRNC WAS READ BACK AND CONFIRMED BY ZDC. WE THEN WERE REQUESTED TO DSND TO FL270. WE PROCEEDED AS CLRED AFTER READING BACK THE CLRNC. HOW IT WAS DISCOVERED: AFTER A WHILE; REALIZING THAT THE FREQ HAD BEEN QUIET FOR A WHILE; WE ASKED WASHINGTON FOR A RADIO CHK. THEY ANSWERED 'ACFT X; LOUD AND CLR.' WE WERE NEVER HANDED OFF OR ASSIGNED ANOTHER FREQ. WE NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED A FREQ CHANGE. LATER; JUST W OF HWANG INTXN ON V162 WE CALLED ZDC AND REQUESTED DSCNT INTO ABE. WASHINGTON ASKED US FOR OUR POS. WASHINGTON STATED THAT THEY WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH HWANG INTXN AND DID NOT KNOW WHERE WE WERE OR WHERE WE WERE GOING. WE BRIEFED THEM THAT WE WERE ON AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM PDK TO ABE. STILL; THEY DID NOT KNOW WHO WE WERE. WE TOLD ZDC THAT WE WOULD TRY ZNY ON 132.5. ZDC SAID THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. WHEN WE CALLED ZNY; THEY TOO WERE SURPRISED TO HEAR FROM US AND PROMPTLY HANDED US OVER TO ANOTHER NY FREQ. BY THIS TIME WE WERE JUST SW OF ETX VOR AND WHEN WE REQUESTED DSCNT INTO ABE WE WERE TOLD 'NO WAY' AND THEN WERE GIVEN A WESTERLY HEADING THAT TOOK US ABOUT 70 MI WSW OF ABE BEFORE BEING TURNED BACK TOWARDS ABE. THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: ATC CONGESTION; PIC CHK IN PROGRESS (MAYBE); NEW COPLT IN R SEAT; ATC VIGILANCE. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: LESS ATC CONFUSION; PIC CHECKS IN SIMULATORS. AT ALL TIMES ALL CREW MEMBERS COMPLIED WITH ALL ATC CLRNC REQUESTS AND APPLICABLE FARS.