In 1971, one of the last Sabres in the USAF inventory, a F-86H of the Maryland ANG (complete with Vietnam style paint), was given to a nearby state school for the mentally handicapped as a playground item.
The local aviation college stripped the engine and other bit.
It has a happy ending, a few years later it was rescued and taken to either the Castle or March museum in california.

But here’s a weird memory…
As a kid (1960s) I recall seeing a photo in a newspaper of a large flying boat being towed down a street of a large American city enroute to a playground…it may have been a Martin PBM.
Anyone know it?

And I recall reading that the Kennedys had an L-5 as a playground toy. Anyone else hear that?