Flying through an ADIZ

Captain said:
Just the other day I launched from the Bahamas VFR and called Nassau approach to activate my IFR flight plan. They said they didn't have one and gave me to Miami Center.

I called Miami and they said they didn't have one either. Asked how I filed and I said 'over the Internet'. They gave me a squak code and eventually cleared me to my destination so I asked if we were 'okay'. She said as long as I had filed one 'somewhere' it'd be okay. I never saw any interceptors and never heard more about it.
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Yeah air file is allowed. As the AOPA article points out, you MAY get intercepted on an air file. Apparently you have an honest voice.
 
Here's a question: Could one call MIA Center from Bimini on the ground and get the discrete code? I'm thinking of a similar method to those flying IFR up here from remote fields that don't have RCO's, and are socked in...

If that's the case, I would bet the call costs less than an intercept, and perhaps even less than a fresh pair of shorts from the intercept... ;)
 
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