Originally Posted by
bozobigtop
Good luck at finding an aircraft to rent that has steam guages, I don't think they make them anymore. All the employers I have worked for over the last 14 years use nothing but glass.
In the Washington DC area where I live, the vast majority of the rental fleet are 30+ year old Cessna 172s, 152s, Warriors, etc. They have nothing but steam gauges.
One or two glass cockpit airplanes can be found. They may not
make a lot of steam gauge airplanes anymore, but there are plenty still around.