Bat-Glider

The Bat-Glider is an airborne vehicle used by Batman. Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's glider designs, it is used by Batman to glide through the sky without being noticed. It is typically used on stealth missions instead of the Batplane or Batcopter. In recent years, the Bat-Glider's functionality has been merged with Batman's cape.

Functionality[]

The Bat-Glider is usually depicted as a traditional hand-glider that Batman uses to navigate the night skies. The user can changes its direction can be changed by pivoting their body in desired direction and shifting his weight appropriately. A number of modifications and additions have often been made the Bat-Glider, including motorized engines and reinforcing from gunfire. Some versions are built into the Batsuit or incorporate it's cape as the Glider's material. Members of the Bat-Family, including Nightwing and Robin, have been given their own to use.

History[]

During his first year of operations, Batman utilized a hand-glider. He was known to have used one occasion, using it to get to Carmine Falcone's penthouse without being noticed. By the time Dick Grayson had joined his operations as Robin, Batman had abandoned the vehicle, instead utilizing either the Batplane or Batcopter. However, they were able to create one from scratch whilst trapped in fifteenth Italy, using it to rescue Superman.

Batman would also use a new Bat-Glider to capture Kite Man, during which it was destroyed. From that point onwards, he would occasionally use the vehicle or perform silent surveillance on Gotham's criminals. Dick Grayson would also integrate a Bat-Glider into his arsenal as Nightwing, often using it as his form of aerial travel. He also utilized it after taking on the Batman identity after Bruce's apparent death.

In Other Media[]

Film[]

• In Batman Returns, the Bat-Glider is built into the lining of the cape on the Batsuit. The Dark Knight turns his cape into a rigid hang-glider to escape after being framed for the Ice Princess' murder.
• A fair amount of explanation is put into the transforming glider cape in Batman Begins. Batman uses it constantly throughout the entire trilogy.

Television[]

• The Bat-Glider is regularly featured in Batman: The Animated Series. Batman is also depicted as having one hidden on the rooftops of the Wayne Enterprises building. The gadget is later upgraded into the Jet-Wing, featured in The New Batman Adventures and Justice League.
• The Bat-Glider also features in several episodes of The Batman, being used in a similar fasion .

Video Games[]

• The Bat-Glider appears in Batman: Dark Tomorrow, where it is utilized by Batman to infiltrate Ra's al Ghul's fortress.
• The Bat-Glider appears in LEGO Batman: The Videogame, as part of Batman's Glide Suit.

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