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I don't know the specific rules in the US, but in Europe that would be illegal. You have to carry your license with you (and we don't have credit-card sized ones just yet) and you'll also have some explaining to do if caught flying without a map of some sort.
As far as practicality is concerned, you also need to have a plan to divert. Suppose somebody else has a landing mishap and blocks the runway for an hour or two. Do you have everything on board for a succesful diversion, or do you have a different plan B?
You may need to carry your licence because you live in such a small country that crossing an international border is almost inevitable; staying in one country there should be no such requirement.
And even if you do have to carry your licence with you, why on earth would you have it on your kneeboard? In flight it is of about as much use as a macrame parachute. You may need it stowed somewhere for on the ground.
I do agree however that pretty much everywhere in the world apart from the USA it is a legal requirement to have a current chart on board covering the area of the planned flight.
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