Need Help Identifiying Jet

So did the pilot survive the crash landing?

Interesting story from the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola Fl. They did not have a certain model of  of a recon Banshee (I think that what it was) and found the last one in existence at a local park poured full of concrete. Armed with jackhammers they recoverd the artifact and it's on display at the museum looking brand new. What a job that must have been. They did replace it with something more common.

Max

PS--A little update after looking it up. It is a F2H-2P photo Banshee recovered from a playground in Vero Beach FL.

By the way, that's one heck of a museum. Be sure to put that on your list!

We had a straight winged F9F at a park in a nearby town that I used to play on as a small boy. When I played on it, it was bare metal (which got darn hot in the sunshine). But in the 90s it was coated with concrete and given a funky paint job. Nowadays it has been repainted out of the funky colors and is much closer to how it once looked when operational. 

I agree.  It must have made an emergency landing on that playground.  I bet the kids freaked out! 

Hmmmm.

 After studying the photos I concur with your findings . T.B.

That is really cool! Both you being able to play on this aircraft, and you building this playground as a diorama!

madcadder

My plan is to create a diorama of the playground from the mid 1960's using the jet as its centerpiece.

That sound like a great idea! Please keep us updated if you follow through with this idea!!!

I did get to play on it. There were actually two of these jets -- one each in parks on opposite sides of town. The ejector seat was removed and replaced with a wood plank but the rest of the cockpit was intact. The engine was removed allowing us kids enough room to climb inside and create kind of a little club house.

My plan is to create a diorama of the playground from the mid 1960's using the jet as its centerpiece.

Thanks again for all the great info.

madcadder

Can you help me identify this jet? It was playground equipment when I was a kid and I'd love to model it.

 

Thanks!

 

I think Aaron and Max have it nailed, but, my real question is, madcadder, did you get to play on this aircraft when you were a kid? If so, that would have been too cool!! 

Kittyhawk makes a 1/48 kit.

Wow! You guys are amazing. Thanks for the info.

They made a F9F-6P and F9F-8P. I'm with Aaron, I think it's a 6. No, now I think I see a refueling probe which would make it a F9F-8P. (I think!)

Max

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/F8F-8_Cougar_with_Sidewinder_missiles_in_flight_1958.jpg

http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acimages/f9f-8pcougar_usn_141702_ussmidway12_01.jpg

http://www.hyperscale.com/images/sword72087reviewmd_2.jpg

Hmm--It does appear to be a Cougar and it's the recon version. Is that what the P stands for?

Max

madcadder

Can you help me identify this jet? It was playground equipment when I was a kid and I'd love to model it.

Thanks!

 

Looks like an F9F-6P Cougar. Anyone else?

Cheers, Aaron