Originally Posted by
Munz
...and you can only use the NVFR privileges of your instrument rating if the rating is kept current (i.e. single pilot flight of 1 hour in the last six months with an instrument approach; 3 instrument approaches in the last 90 days; IPC every 12 months). Just because your IPC is valid, doesn't mean you can use the NVFR privileges of it!
Additionally, as part 61 specifies, you can use the night circuits from your instrument rating for the issue of your NVFR, however, you cannot use IFR cross country flights for your NVFR, as the 5 hours cross country has to be done VFR.
I'm fairly certain you can conduct NVFR ops while being outside general recency for and CIFR, as 61.870(2) states
>(2) The holder is authorised to pilot an aircraft
under the IFR only if the holder has
conducted at least 3 instrument approach operations within the previous 90 days
in an aircraft or an approved flight simulation training device for the purpose.
You should find that it says "Under the IFR..." for all the general recency in .870
Since we're not under the IFR we can conduct NVFR but feel free to correct me.