Now that we're talking C172s and PA28s in the same thread...
My club, for historic reasons, has a mix of PA28s, C172s and DR400s, plus a few one-offs such as a R2160. Due to various unrelated accidents all our C172s are currently U/S. Two are total loss, and one is currently being repaired after a bounced landing which essentially wrecked the firewall forward and part of the cabin structure.
In the meantime the club is, and has been for a while, looking at buying, leasing or long term renting one or two C172s, but they claim they cannot find any C172 that is available and in decent condition. Something that doesn't seem to be a problem with PA28s or DR400s.
Can anyone confirm or deny that C172s in decent condition are getting few and far between? Are owners hanging onto them, or is the type simply end-of-life?
Last edited by BackPacker; 3rd Nov 2012 at 22:51.