Originally Posted by
rcbarton
Flying DL LAX to MSP right now. As we were taxing for take-off pilot came on the intercom and remarked that to the right of the plane, behind the fed-ex planes is the old Los Angeles International World Airport terminal and that legend has it that the final scene of Casablanca was filmed there. I have periodically had pilots do this for places like the grand canyon and the rocky mountains but not in some time, and never for anything of local interest. I thought it was a nice touch and broke up the welcome speech that is otherwise usually pretty monotonous.
It also got me wondering what other interesting in flight/on the ground points of interest people have had pointed out when flying. Anybody have any fun ones?
No wonder I had such a restful afternoon, seeing that the planes were taking off to the east during this afternoon's rainstorm (I live just south of the western end of runway 25L).
What you saw was, indeed, the old LAX terminal. It can also be viewed by cars driving on I-105 west of the 405 Fwy.