disneymoviesandfacts:In The Incredibles, Helen got the jet from her old sidekick and pilot when she
disneymoviesandfacts:In The Incredibles, Helen got the jet from her old sidekick and pilot when she was Elastigirl. Originally, he would have also flown the plane and gotten killed when it was shot down, thus raising the stakes for the characters. The animators convinced Brad Bird to have Helen fly the plane herself, rather than spending money on a minor character for only a few minutes of screen time. The shot of Helen watching the destroyed plane sink into the ocean was apparently filmed when the script still called for Snug’s death, explaining her overlong look as the wreckage sinks because, as filmed, it contained the corpse of her friend. -- source link