The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum displayed Wonder Woman's Invisible Jet on April 1st!

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum may have had one of the best April Fools jokes this year. This year they added an iconic, and geeky, plane to their collection on display in Washington D.C., Wonder Woman’s invisible jet.

On their blog they speak about the jet and what it took to acquire it and even posted a brilliant video presenting the jet that has museum workers cleaning it in the background. The video can be seen below.

Even though this is just a joke if I was there and could have gotten a photo of the space with a sign that was presenting it I would have. This is just a brilliant joke that is perfectly timed with the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on the way that will feature actress Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.

Here is a short excerpt from The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's blog:
"The Museum of Flight had acquired the plane with help from Lieutenant Diana Prince in April 2013. Since then, our curator Bob van der Linden wanted very much to display the plane at the Museum in Washington, DC. …
The jet is well ahead of its time. It used stealth technologies in the 1950s long before the Lockheed YF-12A and the SR-71 Blackbird were introduced. The engines on this plane allowed Wonder Woman to travel through space. Keep in mind that NASA’s North American X-15 took the United States to the edge of space in the 1960s, but it was Amazonian technology that had Wonder Woman traveling into deep space in the 1950s.

Other features on this jet include shape shifting, telepathic abilities, and multi-dimensional transport. Although the jet was invisible the passengers were not, and they often appeared to float on the clouds. It should be mentioned that even though Wonder Woman can fly under her own powers, the plane has come in handy when needed to transport Etta Candy and the Holliday Girls as well as Steve Trevor and others.
The National Air and Space Museum is proud to be able to present Wonder Woman’s Invisible Plane for the first time publicly in the Washington DC area. Many thanks to the staff at The Museum of Flight and The Friends of the Princess Diana of Themyscira Society for making this once-in-a-lifetime loan possible."




Source: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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