Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-2054358-20130521231940/@comment-10301264-20130601134753

Wonder Woman's invisible jet dates back to the Golden Age, and WW#1. Back then she didn't fly, actually Superman wasn't really flying at this point ( although arguably defying gravity ) Later in the silver age Diana glided on air currents. True power of flight was given to Wonder Woman by George Perez in his acclaimed reboot after 1985.

The invisible jet predates the stealth fighter jet by several decades, and although it's always looked like a fighter in the comics Wodner Woman used it to ferry passengers and cargo, for example Steve Trevor laid flat on a stretcher for his return to America in the original origin story, or the Holiday Girls, so it's more like as very fast executive 'stealth' plane.

Given that I'd say the idea of the "Javelin" is the weaker/redundant concept - why bother when Diana has a invisible plane that can fly itself at her beck and call whenever she needs it?

Much like the real Superman's cape was used to protect people in flight - from extreme cold at altitude and extreme heat from high speed = air friction ( there's a reason the SR-71 was made of titanium ) Wonder Woman's jet performs the same role - only better.

If there was one misstep from the Perez reboot IMO it was taking away the Amazon's unique / advanced / magical / technology, that the invisible plane was one example of.

Despite that retcon the Plane didn't go away being reinterpreted but none of these retcon explanations have IMO worked - but as an idea the invisible plane still remains very appealing.