Historic Playground Airplane Sculpture at the Krefeld-Grefrath Rail Trail

This plane stood for decades as a climbing frame on a playground near the Dorenburg in Vinkrath. It was locked for a long time because it no longer complied with today's security laws. Fortunately, citizens of the Grefrath community have campaigned for this rare piece of play equipment to be a showpiece on the popular cycle route.

A slide used to be attached.

It's nice that such a beautiful monument was set up for this great childhood memory. I know such play equipment from my childhood and was always enthusiastic about it as a boy. And yes, there have been small accidents, at worst a broken arm. Nevertheless, our current security thinking sometimes seems almost hysterical to me in a world that is becoming increasingly insecure on the other hand...