A C 172 AIR SURVEY PLT RPTED MISHANDLING OF HIS CLRNC BY PCT; AFTER FILING; FAXING; AND PHONING.

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I FOLLOWED THE 'SYS' AS IT HAD BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME: 1) FIELD A VFR/ADIZ FLT PLAN WITH LEESBURG FSS USING THEIR DIRECT-DIAL TELEPHONE NUMBER AND SPEAKING WITH A BRIEFER. THE DETAILS OF THE FLT PLAN WERE ACFT X; OVER EMI VOR AT XA15Z; WANTING TO GO TO A POINT IN THE ARE OF THE BAL 010 DEGREE RADIAL AT 3.0 DML. 2) FAXED A MEMO TO POTOMAC APCH EXPLAINING THE PHOTO MISSION AND ALSO OUTLINING A SECONDARY SHOOT OUTSIDE OF THE ADIZ/CLASS B; BUT VERY CLOSE TO R-4001A NW OF THE APG ARPT (FOR FLT FOLLOWING/ADVISORIES IN THE INTEREST OF 'NATIONAL SECURITY' CONCERNS). 3) CALLED POTOMAC APCH BY TELEPHONE BEFORE DEP AND RECEIVED VERIFICATION THAT MY FAX HAD BEEN RECEIVED. I DEPARTED DMW AND CONTACTED POTOMAC APCH ON 12.75. SHORTLY THEREAFTER; AT AN ALT OF 2500 FT; APPROX 3 MI NE OF EMI; THE CTLR HAD BEEN FLOODED WITH CALLS. HE ISSUED A VERY DEFENSIVE AND ALMOST 'IMPOSSIBLE' REQUEST THAT PLTS XMIT ONE AT A TIME. WHEN IT WAS MY TURN TO SPEAK; I MADE THE CALL AND THE CTLR TOLD ME HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON ME (NO FLT PLAN; NO FAX). YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SURPRISE AND DISAPPOINTMENT; GIVEN THE CAREFULLY OUTLINED PROC THAT I HAD FOLLOWED. HE TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO START ALL OVER AGAIN WITH A CALL TO LEESBURG; ETC. GENERALLY; I UNDERSTAND THE SYS AND HOW THINGS SOMETIMES GET SCREWED UP; BUT; BASED ON THE PROCESS THAT I HAD FOLLOWED; THE TELEPHONE VERIFICATION THAT I HAD RECEIVED; AND THIS CTLR'S ATTITUDE; I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE AS GRACIOUS AND COMPROMISING AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED. ACCORDINGLY; I ADVISED HIM OF THIS AND ASKED THAT HE 'LOOK FOR IT.' MEANWHILE; I PROCEEDED EBOUND TO OUR SECOND AERIAL SURVEY AREA NEAR ABERDEEN AND THE CTLR SUGGESTED I CONTACT 125.52. DURING THIS TIME IT TOOK TO FLY FROM THE WESTMINSTER AREA TO THE ABERDEEN ARE; THE CTLR ON 125.52 DID SOMETHING TO TRY AND LOOK FOR THE FLT PLAN. HOWEVER; THE NEXT OBSTACLE WAS THAT THE CTLR WAS RPTING OUR XMISSIONS AS GARBLED; SO THAT ENDED THE EFFORT AND I JUST FLEW TO THE SITE. WE COMPLETED THE WORK IN THE ABERDEEN AREA (WHILE MONITORING 121.5) AND I AGAIN CONTACTED POTOMAC APCH ON 125.52. THIS WAS ABOUT AN HOUR LATER AND THEY APPARENTLY HAD OUR FLT PLAN AND GAVE ME A SQUAWK CODE AS I APCHED THE ADIZ E OF THE BELAY INTERSECTION. I ALSO REQUIRED A CLASS B CLRNC AND THAT WAS OBTAINED. I DSNDED OUT OF 3000 FT TO 1500 FT AND ACCOMPLISHED THE AERIAL SURVEY MISSION JUST A FEW MI N/NE OF BWI.