wrote:

..... I am requied to have a clock "with a sweep second
hand..." etc, to be legal for IFR flight.

Does not mean I cannot use my Radio Shack timer to navigate.

Actually, the FAR has been changed to read:

"A clock with a sweep-second pointer or digital presentation."

So the RS timer would be legal. as the sole means of timing.

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