On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:40:40 -0500, "Peter R."
wrote:

Vaughn Simon wrote:

They wouldn't be doing it if they were a problem. (I don't fly
them because they are simply worth too much and I don't want to
buy that much hull insurance.)

Au contraire, mon ami. The flight school where I obtained my pp
certificate and instrument rating is trying to buy a new 172 to retain
their Cessna Pilot Center status. For CPC status, Cessna requires a flight
school to have at least one Cessna aircraft on the line less than two years
old. In my school's case, their newest aircraft is a 2002.

My local flight school wants to purchase a new aircraft but only wants one
equipped with "steam gauges" due to the current clientele/local market.
The manager of the school was told by his dealer that there are no more new
172s with steam gauges available for purchase and that Cessna is heavily
concentrating on producing 172s with the G1000 in it.

Thus, for good or bad it seems that Cessna is forcing the G1000-equipped
aircraft on the market.

From what I heard, they have decided to stop accepting orders to make
any more NAV II Skyhawks. Nav III only from here on out.