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jando35 wrote:As a total ignoramous, can someone comment on the galaxy bottom right below the brightest blue star. It appears to have a perpendicular component - possibly another unconnected galaxy?

neufer wrote:Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane

NoelC wrote:

neufer wrote:
Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane

Art, do you have a photographic memory?

NoelC wrote:
You make more surprising and interesting visual connections than anyone I've ever known.

neufer wrote:[/float]

Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane

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orin stepanek wrote:I wonder how Wonder Woman does that; standing on the wing on her glass plane. In outer space yet; I presume.
Darn; I wish those smileys were working.

orin stepanek wrote:
I wonder how Wonder Woman does that; standing on the wing on her glass plane. In outer space yet; I presume.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_plane wrote:

• * The invisible jet propels itself by harnessing graviton particles. It is in this fashion also that it shields its passengers from the forces of sudden acceleration. In outer space, the craft can extrude a portion of itself around Wonder Woman. Without taking in additional air supply, it can process one's own exhaled oxygen to allow breathing for 20 minutes. It can sense Wonder Woman's thoughts and will respond to her needs.
  
  * At one point, Aphrodite granted the plane the power to fly faster than the speed of light for any interstellar voyages her champion might undertake. Thanks to tinkering by gremlins, the Plane even developed intelligence and the power to talk. The Plane proved a good friend, eager to help his "mistress" and her loved ones in any way possible. It got along especially well with Steve Trevor.

The being that would one day be called the Invisible Plane began life as an alien "morphing crystal" circling a distant planet with its "family," other morphing crystals who are collectivily called the Ring. In their natural state, the Plane and its fellow members of the Ring resemble eggs made of semi transparent plastic. In time, it was separated from its family and was found by the Lansinarians, a blind subterannean race that lived underneath Antarctica. The Lansinarians could not react quickly enough to changes in their environment. Thus, they developed the morphing crystal they had found into a life support device that catered to their needs. These beings later bestow the device on Wonder Woman in gratitude for saving them. The plane, which possesses a sophisticated artificial intelligence, responds to Wonder Woman's thoughts. It is able to render itself invisible as well as alter its shape, transforming into any form of vehicle its bearer desires, be it a jet, submarine, motorcycle, or horse-drawn chariot.

The Plane appeared in the very first comic stories, including All-Star Comics #8. Wonder Woman/Princess Diana of Themyscira is seen storing the plane at an abandoned farm near Washington, D.C., in the barn; she goes there as Lt. Diana Prince and changes clothes in some of the earliest tales.The telepathic capacities of Wonder Woman's tiara allow her to summon it, often to hover or swoop by the War Department, and she would exit on a rope ladder. She uses the plane to fly into outer space, and frequently transports Etta Candy and Holliday Girls, Steve Trevor, or others. During the 1950s, the plane became a jet, and was often shown swooping over (WW's alias) Lt. Diana Prince's office; she stripped out of her uniform at super speed and would bound to the plane. Though the Plane was depicted as semi transparent for the reader's convenience, in-story dialogue indicated that it actually was completely invisible or at least able to become so as the need arose.

In the 2010 animated film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Wonder Woman commandeers an attack plane from Owlman (an evil version of Batman) while the Justice League is on a parallel Earth dominated by their villainous counterparts, the Crime Syndicate. During the battle, the plane's cloaking device (the "Chameleon Circuit") shorts out while still in use, placing the vehicle in "cloak" mode permanently. After the mission's successful completion, Wonder Woman keeps the invisible plane as "spoils of war".>>