LAX re-opens theme building

The free telescopes that dot the rooftop of the iconic Theme Building at LAX provided a window to faraway destinations for Winfrey Giese. Art Marroquin in the Daily News,

Ever since he was a teenager, the picturesque views have given Giese a chance to get close to jetliners filled with visitors from foreign lands arriving at Los Angeles International Airport. As he continued the hobby into adulthood, he brought his son, Eric, to the top of the flying saucer-shaped structure.

"I met a lot of other people like me who would go up there and keep information about all the airplanes that were coming into LAX and where they were going," said the Garden Grove resident, who began plane-spotting on the Theme Building's observation deck in January 1965.