The entrance to Marana Regional Airport (KAVQ) in Arizona, now boasts a new public art installation of a sculpture called “Wings Over Marana.”
The metal artwork features two stylized AT-6 Texan trainers, recalling the airport’s early days as an auxiliary training field during World War II. Marana is 22 miles northwest of Tucson.
“The sculpture was created as part of the Transportation Art By Youth (TABY) program, which funded the project through a $75,000 TABY grant from the Pima Association of Governments,” said Andrea De La Cruz, assistant to the town manager of Marana…