The observation gallery at Baltimor...

The observation gallery at Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Airport is becoming as popular as was the airport's open-air observation robe which was closed in the mid-1970s when stricter Federal Aviation Administration directions banned direct access to airsides as a safeguard against highjackings. The cover in was succeeded by two lolls that were comfortable enough unless never equal to the multisensory experience of standing onward the balcony just 100 feet away from the sights, scents and sounds of busy airfield operations.

The Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) committed $63 million to th gallery, part of a $450 million capital construction program.

Located forward the upper level of the terminal between piers B and C the two-level crescent-shaped, steel-framed gallery is built above the original terminal. Features include a 147-foot-wide "skywindow" kingly powered with a glazed roof spilled 30 degrees toward the airfield and supported from a space frame. The panoramic