Designer Tiago Barros proposes we ditch the whole airplane idea and float to our destinations in fairweather fashion atop man-made cloud balloons.

The Passing Cloud is an innovative and environmentally friendly method of transportation that doesn’t require expensive steel tracks or concrete highways. It is made of a series of spherical balloons that form the shape of a cloud. Its inner stainless steel structure is covered with heavy weight tensile nylon fabric. During the journey, It moves according to prevailing winds speed and direction at the time of travel. Since it moves with the wind, no wind is ever felt during the trip, offering the passengers a full “floating sensation”.

It might prove tricky during lightning storms and come complete with gnarly sunburns, but we still want to be on board. See more mock-ups here.

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