Not that long ago, at an airport which seems like a Billion miles away now, there was once the spotting Mecca of Los Angeles International Airport for those "In The Know." The Dobbs Lot.
This parking lot belonged to the now defunct inflight-catering company Dobbs, and it was right up against the fence, allowing totally unobstructed, close-up viewing of all the movements on the North Complex (Taxiway Alpha-Alpha, AA, had not been built yet). You got to watch every takeoff, and every arrival had to taxi-back right in front of you, so you saw absolutely EVERYTHING.
The Dobbs Lot was a hit with aviation fans of all types, from children, to the curious, to the registration collectors, to the photographers. I myself spent many a days spotting from The Dobbs. It was a destination unto itself.
I don't recall the year it died, but an era did indeed pass when some City Idiot figured the lot would be a fine place to park all of the Los Angeles World Airport (LAWA) shuttle buses. It was, as we all experienced, the beginning of the end of creative spotting at LAX.
And, in the Post 9-11 world, we witnessed the rise of an army of complete assholes known as the Airport Police.
True story, folks.
Dobbs Lot - R.I.P.
3 comments:
I found someone almost as irritating as the Airport Police... a USDA-National Forest SErvice cop who challenged me in a parking lot in the Angeles National Forest. He thought he had a homeless person he could bully, just because our Rv is an antique. Wrong. The kind of young cop who's hand can't stay off his holster. LAAP and this kid have a lot in common.
Don't even get me started on the outright lunacy of "Adventure Passes," Ms. Bunny.
Thank You Darryl for this Post....for the reasons...........
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