C182 PLTS DETAILED 'RUN AROUND' IN OBTAINING AN ADIZ CLRNC; TERMINATING FLT FOLLOWING IN THE ADIZ AND SUBSEQUENT NOTIFICATION OF A PROCESSED VIOLATION.

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ON THE MORNING OF SEP/FRI/03; I CONTACTED RALEIGH FLT SVC AND OBTAINED A STANDARD BRIEFING FOR THE FLT. FSS NOTED THAT THE RTE OF FLT TO LOM WOULD TAKE ME THROUGH THE WASHINGTON ADIZ. I TOLD THE FSS PERSON IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT I WOULD NEED TO FILE A VFR FLT PLAN. I HAD PREVIOUSLY STUDIED THE RECOMMENDED PROCS ON PILOTS ORGANIZATION WEBSITE. I PRE-FLTED THE AIRPLANE AND CALLED RALEIGH FSS BACK AND FILED A VFR FLT PLAN. AFTER TKOF; I CONTACTED GREENSBORO APCH AND ASKED FOR FLT FOLLOWING. SUBSEQUENTLY; I WAS HANDED OFF TO SEVERAL CTL FACILITIES BEFORE REACHING POTOMAC APCH. ONCE WITH POTOMAC APCH; I EXPLAINED THAT I HAD NEVER TRANSITIONED THE ADIZ BEFORE. I ASKED THE CTLR IF HE HAD A RECORD OF MY VFR FLT PLAN. THE CTLR SAID HE HAD 'OUR FLT PLAN;' AND THAT I WAS IN CONTACT WITH HIM AND EVERYTHING WAS OK. I WAS HANDED OFF TO SEVERAL CTLRS BEFORE FINALLY REACHING THE PHILADELPHIA APCH. THE WHOLE TRIP; I WAS NAVING BY GPS. THE LNDG AT LOM WAS UNEVENTFUL. AT AROUND XA30Z; I PREPARED FOR THE RETURN FLT. I CALLED WILLIAMSPORT FSS. I TOLD THE FSS PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A VFR FLT PLAN WITH AN ASSUMED DEP OF X000Z TO 8A7. THE FSS PERSON NOTICED THE RTE OF FLT WOULD TRANSITION THE WASHINGTON ADIZ. HE STATED I WOULD NEED AN 'ADIZ FLT PLAN.' I AGREED TO FILE BOTH A VFR FLT PLAN AND AN ADIZ FLT PLAN. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER HEARD OF AN ADIZ FLT PLAN; EVEN AFTER RESEARCHING THE ADIZ. I TOOK OFF; I CONTACTED PHILADELPHIA APCH. I WAS IMMEDIATELY TOLD TO 'REMAIN CLR OF CLASS B AND REMAIN VFR.' I CONTACTED PHILADELPHIA APCH AND WAS REBUFFED AGAIN. THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL MINS. BY NOW I WAS FURTHER S AND TRIED TO CONTACT POTOMAC APCH. SAME RESPONSE 'REMAIN CLR OF CLASS B AND REMAIN VFR.' THE CTLRS WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE MY FLT TO GET THE DISCREET CODE TO TRANSITION THE ADIZ. AT THIS POINT; I ABANDONED THE ORIGINAL FLT PLAN AND TURNED TO THE WEST. I REALIZED THAT I WOULD NOW NEED TO AMEND MY FLT PLAN. I CONTACTED LEESBURG FLT SVC AND EXPLAINED WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE FSS PERSON WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT I NOT VIOLATE THE CAMP DAVID PROHIBITED AREA. I CONVINCED THE FSS PERSON THAT I SAW THE CAMP DAVID AREA ON MY GPS AND WAS NOWHERE NEAR IT. I TOLD FSS THAT I WOULD HOLD AT WESTMINSTER VOR. FSS COULD NOT FIND MY ORIGINAL ADIZ FLT PLAN. THE FSS PERSON PROCEEDED TO FILE A SECOND ADIZ FLT PLAN. FSS INFORMED ME THAT THE NEW ADIZ FLT PLAN WAS ENTERED AND RECEIVED BY POTOMAC APCH; AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT POTOMAC APCH. I EXPLAINED TO THE FSS PERSON HOW I HAD CONTINUALLY BEEN REBUFFED. THE FSS PERSON ASSURED ME THAT POTOMAC HAD MY ADIZ AND TO COME BACK TO FSS IF I HAD ANY PROB. I ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT POTOMAC APCH AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE MY ADIZ. I WENT BACK TO FSS. FSS ASSURED ME AGAIN THAT POTOMAC HAD THE ADIZ. I WENT BACK TO POTOMAC; WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE ADIZ. I WENT BACK TO FSS; AND HE SAID TO TRY IT AGAIN. THIS WENT ON SEVERAL MORE TIMES. THE WHOLE TIME; I AM HOLDING AT WESTMINSTER VOR. AT THIS POINT; THE FSS PERSON WAS VERY UPSET WITH POTOMAC APCH. FSS STATED THAT HE WOULD 'CALL OVER THERE AND GET IT STRAIGHTENED OUT.' I CALLED POTOMAC APCH; AND THEY FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE ADIZ FLT PLAN. I WAS TOLD TO PROCEED TOWARD LEESBURG; BUT NOT ENTER CLASS B; THAT I WOULD BE HANDED OFF AND THEN CLRED THROUGH CLASS B. I STAYED ON THIS COURSE FOR A WHILE. I ASKED ABOUT MY CLASS B CLRNC. THE CTLR STATED THAT I WAS CLRED INTO CLASS B AND HANDED OFF TO THE NEXT CTLR. AS SOON AS THE HDOF OCCURRED; I WAS VECTORED TO THE W. IN MY FLT PATH WERE MOUNTAINS APCHING. I ASKED IF I COULD BEGIN A TURN TO THE S. I WAS VERY TERSELY TOLD TO TURN DIRECT TO CASANOVA VOR AND 'REMAIN CLR OF CLASS B.' I EXPLAINED THAT EARLIER I WAS CLRED INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE. THE CTLR REPLIED REMAIN CLR OF CLASS B AND REMAIN VFR. I ASKED THE CTLR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO REMAIN COMPLETELY CLR OF HIS SPACE. I WAS TOLD TO FLY DIRECT TO CASANOVA AND I WOULD BE CLR. I STATED I WOULD LIKE TO CANCEL EVERYTHING WITH HIM. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE CTLR. I SQUAWKED VFR AND CONTINUED TOWARD CASANOVA. I CALLED LEESBURG FSS BACK AND ASKED FOR A WAY TO CONTACT THE CTLR'S SUPERIORS. I CALLED POTOMAC APCH TO MAKE SURE THE FLT PLAN WAS CLOSED. I RECEIVED THE SAME WELCOME 'REMAIN CLR OF CLASS B AND REMAIN VFR.' I STATED THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE MY ADIZ FLT PLAN WAS CANCELLED. I WAS VERY TERSELY TOLD IT WAS CANCELLED. I CONTINUED MY FLT UNEVENTFULLY TO 8A7. UPON LNDG; A FELLOW AT THE ARPT BROUGHT A PIECE OF PAPER WITH GREENSBORO PHONE NUMBER AND SAID I SHOULD CONTACT THEM. GREENSBORO STATED THAT THEY WERE ASKED BY WASHINGTON APCH TO TRACK MY FLT. I CALLED WASHINGTON AND THE PERSON SAID HE WOULD PASS ALONG MY PHONE NUMBER. AFTER NOT RECEIVING A PHONE CALL; I CALLED WASHINGTON BACK AND WAS GIVEN POTOMAC APCH'S PHONE NUMBER. I EXPLAINED ALL THAT WENT ON. SHE CALLED BACK; SAID THERE WAS AN ADIZ VIOLATION AND THAT I WOULD HEAR FROM FSDO IN ABOUT A MONTH. ON MY TRIP N; THE CTLRS WERE VERY HELPFUL. I WAS NOT EVEN VECTORED. I RESEARCHED THE ADIZ BEFORE MY FLT. I FOLLOWED THE RECOMMENDED PROCS. I TRIED TO FOLLOW THE SYS. THE CTLING FACILITY IS UNHELPFUL TO THE POINT OF EFFECTIVELY SHUTTING DOWN THE SYS PUT INTO PLACE TO TRANSITION THEIR AREA. FROM ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCES; I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CTLRS HAVE BEEN UNHELPFUL TO THE POINT OF CREATING SAFETY PROBS. IF THE SYS IS IN PLACE; IT SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE.