Man,
Did that photo bring back memories! I remember playing on that thing as well.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sammyg2
Yep, they say he hit the runway at 250 mph.
When I was a kid I played at Boysen park (named afer the guy who invented the boysenberry).
They had a real 1954 Grumman F9F-6P "Cougar" (127484) for the kids to play with, including sharp metal corners, empty engine bay to crawl through, it was cool. Later they decided that reality wasn't safe so they concreted over the whole thing, pissed me off. This is what it looks like now:
and this is what it looked like before:
 |