So Foundation Imaging created this test sequence for what Voyager’s Aeroshuttle would look like deploying. [video] gifs by me

Although I like the Delta Flyer, it would have made so much more sense for them to have used this.  But I think the producers, 1. didn’t want to mix assets with DS9 (using the runabout interior set) and, 2. seriously thought viewers would confuse this with the captain’s yacht from Insurrection and forget which incarnation of Trek they were viewing.

Oh well.  The Aeroshuttle lives on in my dreams.

(I like how it’s clearly Major Kira in the cockpit interior, because of course Foundation re-used footage from DS9 for this test shot)

Would you have preferred the Aeroshuttle instead of the Delta Flyer?

Ah the Aeroshuttle, it was also featured in the 4-part comic book series Splashdown some 15 years ago. It just made sense, it’s right there in the design, you can see the outline for a smaller ship on Voyager’s Belly!