re: In Gus We Trust

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I always figured your username was a plane but just looked on flightaware and its last tracked flight was 10 years ago

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I came to Auburn in 96 and left in 2000 and at that time Auburn had I guess 14-16 C172s, but only four of them were painted in Auburn colors. The others were in mid 80s questionable thought process color schemes.

N97883 wasn't necessarily the best but it was a favorite. I'm not surprised it's gone as I believe they were reaching 12000+ or so hours in the 90s and you could finally purchase new ones by then. But the P models were nice planes.

I chose the name figuring I wanted something Auburn, it was a good personal memory and maybe another poster would recognize the N number.

And frankly, I have a lot of nostalgia for Cessna 172s and for my time at Auburn flying them with Auburn students.