Assuming VMC conditions, is it legal for a current IR pilot to file an
IFR flight plan, and fly the flight *solo* wearing a hood, to meet
currency requirements? Of course the hood would be off for take-off

It's risky.

ptomblin wrote:

[...] How could you have passed your Private Pilot written without
understanding that ATC has no responsibility for separation between
VFR and IFR traffic?

But in US class B/C (and Canada class C), they do take on that
responsibility.


- FChE