# Wonder Woman's Plane on Display at Smithsonian Air and Space **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-womans-plane-on-display-at-smithsonian-air-and-space/716730 "2015-04-03T18:56:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-womans-plane-on-display-at-smithsonian-air-and-space/716730/1 "2015-04-03T18:56:32Z")
It dilutes the impact of the announcement when you realize it was made two days ago: > **[Wonder Woman’s Invisible Jet Now on Display](https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/wonder-womans-invisible-jet-now-display)** > > “Oh Lordy, I don’t know if we can loan that object or not, it is exceptionally rare! High maintenance, too.” -- Dan Hagedorn, curator and director of collections of The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. > [@](#): > > 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. > > “There’s nothing that would make my daughter happier than to bring Wonder Woman’s invisible plane back to Washington, DC, if only for a very short time,” he said. > > Bob has worked very hard to secure a space for the jet by moving not only the Spirit of St. Louis but also SpaceShipOne to make room in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall. Our next step was to work with Ted Huetter, public relations and promotions manager at The Museum of Flight. Ted helped us secure the loan by referring us to the paperwork The Museum of Flight had used when they last loaned the plane to Science City at Union Station, Kansas City. With his help, and the help of many at the National Air and Space Museum, we were able to arrange to bring this artifact back to the Washington, DC area. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-womans-plane-on-display-at-smithsonian-air-and-space/716730/2 "2015-04-03T19:05:23Z")
…so let me guess, it’s a big display plate reading WONDER WOMAN’S INVISIBLE JET… and an empty plinth, right? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-womans-plane-on-display-at-smithsonian-air-and-space/716730/3 "2015-04-03T19:15:58Z")
> [@Master\_Wang-Ka](#): > > …so let me guess, it’s a big display plate reading WONDER WOMAN’S INVISIBLE JET… and an empty plinth, right? Look at the pictures and tell me what you see. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-womans-plane-on-display-at-smithsonian-air-and-space/716730/4 "2015-04-03T19:29:28Z")
It looks a lot better in those photos than[it did on the 1970’s show.](http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/uploads/BrianHague/2011-04-18_175128_ww595b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-womans-plane-on-display-at-smithsonian-air-and-space/716730/5 "2015-04-03T19:54:08Z")
> [@bup](#): > > It looks a lot better in those photos than[it did on the 1970’s show.](http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/uploads/BrianHague/2011-04-18_175128_ww595b.jpg) I’ve built models that looked better than the one on the 1970s TV show. In Math class. Out of yesterday’s homework. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-womans-plane-on-display-at-smithsonian-air-and-space/716730/6 "2015-04-03T20:58:35Z")
Actually, it’s not invisible if you board it. From the inside, the Smithsonian appears invisible. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-womans-plane-on-display-at-smithsonian-air-and-space/716730/7 "2015-04-03T22:37:48Z")
It looks smaller than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-womans-plane-on-display-at-smithsonian-air-and-space/716730/8 "2015-04-04T01:32:21Z")
Hopefully there won’t be any [embarrassing incidents](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WXdqKq-UNg). ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-womans-plane-on-display-at-smithsonian-air-and-space/716730/9 "2015-04-04T12:19:36Z")
I found her [car](http://www.shorpy.com/node/19390?size=_original#caption) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-womans-plane-on-display-at-smithsonian-air-and-space/716730/10 "2015-04-04T15:06:52Z")
We you’re the Museum of Flight in Seattle a few years ago, but we didn’t see it on display there…they must have had it in the so for some sort of maintenance.