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Posted by: Ghost Unknown
The Banshee was originally going to have an open cockpit with moving rudders. This was changed just before release, and can be seen on the back of your case with the Silent Cartographer screenshot.
The Silent Cartographer level was Bungie's testbed/sandbox level and was the one shown to the press to flaunt Halo, hence why there's cut content still in the map i.e the Engineer, Bumblebee Lifepod or the Banshee (all still spawnable).
Hell, so much was changed just before release; just watch the videos that play if you leave the main menu unattended for a few minutes. Anybody could spot the differences.
EDIT: You'll also notice that the Banshees are firing straight beams of plasma, the icy mountains in the background and the Gas Giant in the background which looks more like Substance (Halo 2 Gas Giant) than Threshold (Combat Evolved Gas Giant), none of which made the final grade.That's crazy. I never realized any of that until just now.