Originally Posted by
GRDHound
1. If you had to rely totally on your instruments you should NOT have been VFR. If you are flying VFR it is because your eyeballs are outside the airplane looking at the other airplanes around you, not just that there are 3 SM of viz and cloud clearances. I wouldn't keep that practice up if I were you not only for legal but for safety reasons.
How would darkness alone preclude him from seeing other aircraft?
That doesn't make any sense....he said it was clear, so if another aircraft flew within sight, he'd easily be able to see their nav/anti-collision lights.