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During the making of Batman Begins, production designer Nathan Crowley and director Christopher Nolan agreed to never do a flying machine because it would not be believable to the audience of this new, more realistic take on the Batman mythology. However, when it came time for the conclusion of The Dark Knight Trilogy the two started working on designs for just such a vehicle before a first draft of The Dark Knight Rises script was even finished.

With there being no runway in the Batcave, the vehicle would need to lift off and hover like a harrier jet, but it would also need to maneuver like a helicopter in order to pull off the film’s climactic action sequence so writer David Goyer suggested they look to experimental urban warfare aircraft. As the screenplay evolved and scenes required an even larger plane for The Caped Crusader, Crowley drew inspiration from the Boeing Osprey and added more aggressive armor while still trying to give the Bat a look that felt as though it was still from the Wayne Applied Sciences division and the Tumbler/Batpod family. To quote Nathan Crowley, “…it wound up looking like a flying bug. It was faceted and paneled like the Batmobile, but much more organic, with jump jets on the front and underslung choppers.”