How did a piece of playground equipment get the name ‘flying fox’?

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Terra asked:


Where did the name come from? Hopefully this is clear enough, I’m talking about these things:
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200604/r82440_239694.jpg
This I know, but where did the name come from?

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    One Response to “How did a piece of playground equipment get the name ‘flying fox’?”

    1. VinceHerman Says:
      July 5th, 2009 at 1:32 am

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