Night flying instrumentation requirements
Keen to hear any thoughts on the following issue. The ADF's been removed from our club aircraft, due to it being constantly U/S. In addition to this, the NDB at our airport has been removed (they've had an ILS installed). Wonder where we now stand in terms of night flying. Given you can't fly under VFR at night, I assume one's aircraft has to comply with IFR instrumentation requirements. If that's the case, then an ADF is, by default, a requirement for night flying in controlled airspace.
So, the question is, can we fly our club aircraft at night, under IFR in controlled airspace (i.e. if we were doing circuits) without an ADF? Do the normal rules apply when your base airfield from which you are doing your night flying doesn't actually have an NDB?
I'd welcome any input on this as it's causing a bit of a headache for us. I don't think we can legally fly at night without the ADF, but if anyone has a different opinion and can point me in the right direction in terms of the law, I'd be grateful.