Bibescu, together with the engineer and explorer Bazil Assan and the baron Barbu Bellu, was the first person to bring an automobile to Romania.

Since Bibescu did not have the time to register it, in 1900, Assan became the first person in the country to receive a Vehicle registration plate, 1B.

[2] Bibescu had an early interest in aviation; he flew a balloon named "Romania" brought from France 1905.

[4] After returning from France, Bibescu organized the Cotroceni Piloting School in Bucharest where Mircea Zorileanu [ro] and Nicolae Capșa were licensed.

George Bibescu is buried in the small, white 1688 church on the grounds of Mogoșoaia Palace in Romania.