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Should I upgrade my Cessna 172h or look into a newer airplane?
I have a LOW (1800tt, 350 smoh) time 1967 Cessna 172 that I've been thinking of upgrading to include a WAAS GPS. The airframe and engine have many good years left, and it is now just a VFR machine. I have wanted to get my Instrument rating, and thought this would be a good way to do it. I'd add a Garmin 430w/530w and a VOR/GS head. These would be the only Instruments to learn from, or should I look at another aircraft with the traditional steam guages? In a few years I expect to upgrade to a newer and faster cross country machine but right now I have limited funds for flying.
I'd keep the 172 you have and do some upgrades. It's hard to beat the 172 for operating costs, mainenance costs and reasonable insurance, plus making it IFR will make it that much more vauable if / when you go to sell it. With such low time, a lot of flight schools would pay top dollar for it if IFR equipped when you're ready to sell and get a faster a/c.
For the same or less money than a WAAS certified Garmin GPS system you could probably upgrade the panel to a traditional full-IFR setup using "steam gauges" and good quality older avionics, including HSI with VOR/ILS/GS capability, a second VOR, a DME, marker beacon receiver, possibly an ADF, and a cheaper non-WAAS GPS. That will cover all your IFR bases and will give you a lot of capability and good experience. An RMI indicator for the second VOR and ADF would really round it out. Personally, I like the older equipment and still use it as much as the Garmin GPS 530 that is installed in the Commander 690A I fly for a living. Also, despite what some people say, the ADF is still a useful piece of gear since NDB's and LOM's will be with us for awhile, as will AM radio stations.
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