Aerie One
The Aerie One is a jet outfitted with technology created and donated by Ted Kord, the second Blue Beetle.
Name:
Aerie One
Aliases:
Start year:
2004
First issue:
Birds of Prey: Between Dark and Dawn (2004) #1 TPB
Overview
Zinda Blake was excited about flying this plane for her employers, Blackhawk Inc., which is now a shipping company. They had other plans and wanted her to co-pilot a rinky dink little plane. Angry and frustrated she goes to a bar and there Black Canary offers her a pilot job with the Birds of Prey. She accepts the job under the condition she flies how she wants. Canary agrees and Zinda later steals it with a tiny bit of help from her boss. Ted Kord takes it and installs several upgrades.The Aerie One's Features:
- Stealth Technology
- Decoy planes for enemy radar
- Satellite proof
- Basic Meta and Orthodox countermeasures
- Virtual Armor capable of withstanding Superman's heat vision for a few seconds (according to Kord)
- A remote for controlling various features