From 1959 to 1993, Larsen Park hosted three different retired Navy jets, each donated to serve as imaginative play structures for the children of the Parkside District. I love this stuff...

The first was a Grumman F-9 Cougar reconnaissance plane from Squadron VC-61, driven up from Moffett Field in Mountain View with the cooperation of the California Highway Patrol and all the police department jurisdictions in between. 

The second jet, a Navy F-J Fury, replaced the Grumman in 1967. Both jets had ladders added to help kids climb into the cockpits. 

The third, and perhaps best-remembered jet, as it occupied the park for eighteen years from 1975 to 1993, was an F-8 Crusader.

https://www.outsidelands.org/larsen_park_jets.php

https://www.facebook.com/groups/remembered/posts/3304387306429764/

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/larsen-playground-project-in-sf-revives-iconic-playground-jet/article_46f74807-e397-500f-8542-55732a11f662.html

The idea for a new plane, is a larger concrete replica, that uses cargo netting for kids to climb on to represent the exhaust

Instead, they got this 

https://sf-pops.com/help-bring-a-jet-plane-back-to-larsen-playground