The other day I was in Atlanta going from one towered airport to another that was 20 miles away - both were in class D airspace. I was flying VFR.
The tower asked me whether I wanted a left turn or right turn to get to the other airport, I replied I'd take a right turn.
After lifting off I kept waiting for the tower to vector me, but they never did. The tower was vectoring in another plane and explained to the incoming traffic that I was going to be turning right - so I finally went ahead and took the turn.
Should I have asked the tower whether I could start my turn - or should I have just begun the turn? At what point should I have contacted the tower? (I was just planning on flying runway heading until I got out of his airspace - but after his remarks to the incoming I figured he was waiting for me to turn.)
Thanks
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