Trope Workshop:Visible Pilot, Invisible Vehicle.

Visible Pilot, Invisible Vehicle or Visible Driver, invisible vehical A vehicle that is invisible (or at least mostly transparent), but the driver/pilot can still be seen from outside the vehicle.

Comic Books

 * Wonder Woman’s invisible jet

Western Animation

 * Invader Zim: The Megadoomer

Real Life

 * In WWI someone came up with a plane that had lots of parts that were clear. The engine and pilot were still visible, but from a distance, much of the plane being ‘invisible’ was helpful (e.g. avoiding detection from anti aircraft spotters). The idea turned out to be a failure: exposure to the sunlight quickly degraded invisible parts in a fashion that renders them non-transparent and flying through dust tend to make plastic surfaces matte as well.