Written on July 19, 2008 – 3:00 am | by Bogdan Alex |

Since “green” cars will be a mundane reality in a few more years, maybe you want to stand out with a “green” plane. I heard some airlines gave hydrogen a try, but those are huge planes we’re talking about. What do you think about this concept plane?

It’s known as the Orlens plane, and apart form its interesting shape, you can see it’s meant for no more than two people. Designer Roland Cernat (wait, is he Romanian?) cared to provide many details about this concept and he squeezed a good deal of info in his photos.

According to Gizmodo, the plane would be made of entirely recycled materials, thus making the whole plane recyclable itself. It would come equipped with photovoltaic cells atop the wings for eco-friendly propulsion and have an aerodynamically-efficient body. In order to make the body lightweight, the designer explains it has to be assembled from a flax-based bio-compound that would be CO2 neutral.

Apparently, cities will have to develop vertically in the near future, and this might be personal air-transport that would replace the car in such overdeveloped locations. Cernat’s concept has just won the Lucky Strike Junior Designer Competition and in several years it could become a reality.