A Sad Day at Avra Valley
Story And Photos By ANN Contributor Ralph Pettersen
The MATS Connie departed Marana Northwest Regional Airport (AVQ)
for the last time on Friday April 1, 2005 bound for a new home in
Korea. With Captain Frank Lang at the controls, she lifted off
runway 30 at 1007 MST and, after one last flyby, headed northwest
to Oakland, CA for the first stop on her journey to an aerospace
museum on Jeju Island.