Puddle Jumper



The Puddle Jumper is the name given to a set of small ships left by the Ancients in the City of Atlantis. The Puddle Jumpers have retractable wings so they can fly through the stargates. They are best flown by someone with the Ancient Technology Activation Gene. The name Puddle Jumper is given by Lt. Colonel John Sheppard after a debate with Lt. Aiden Ford.

One Puddle Jumper is destroyed when equipped with a bomb enters a Wraith ship. (ATL: "The Siege, Part 3")

In ATL: Thirty-Eight Minutes a Puddle Jumper gets "stuck" in a stargate because its wings did not properly retract.