no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2016 solar ship inc. founded toronto canada 2006 founder jay godsall headquarters toronto canada key people jay godsall ceo john hutchinson cto michel rugema coo s bastien fournier cio products hybrid aircraft owner jay godsall website solarship.com solar ship inc. is a company based out of toronto canada that develops hybrid aircraft to deliver critical cargo to cut off places . 1 2 the solarship gains lift from both buoyant gas and aerodynamics and uses power from solar panels . the aircraft is a new mode of transport that does not rely on fossil fuels or ground infrastructure . 3 contents 1 history 2 aircraft 3 incidents 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit inspired by airships and the canadian bush plane the concept behind solar ship originally occurred to an adolescent jay godsall in 1983 . godsall attended a lunch at the burundian embassy in ottawa canada with his friend michel rugema . a debate broke out regarding who has the worst transport problems . is it canada s north or landlocked africa godsall realized that both areas require a new mode of transportation and he came up with a plan an aircraft that can not be limited by a lack of infrastructure or ice roads that won t freeze . in 2006 solar ship inc. was officially established . 4 aircraft edit the solarship s wing ship design allows for extreme short takeoff and landing xstol such as in a soccer field . its design provides a large surface area for solar electric power allowing long self sufficient range . a solarship does not need to be solar powered and can be powered by traditional combustion . however the goal is to develop a new mode of transportation that does not depend on fossil fuels roads or runways . the solarship can access areas where planes trucks ships and airships can not delivering cargo to the places that are currently cut off from the benefits of the connected world . each aircraft is designed and built to the requirements of a mission . currently there are three initial missions with specific requirements the wolverine the caracal and the nanuq . solar ship s active mission as of december 2015 is mission burundi . 5 incidents edit on august 29 2014 a prototype aircraft owned designed and operated by solar ship crashed during a test flight in a tobacco field near brantford airport seriously injuring its two pilots mark taylor and mark marshall . 6 one of the pilots had to be cut out of the aircraft by rescuers . 7 the crash was attributed to pilot error . 8 the incident resulted in the temporary closure of brantford airport . 9 see also edit solar splash references edit kalan jonathan january 13 2013 . solar ship aims to soar . bbc . retrieved may 9 2014 . yarm mark december 5 2013 . rescue squad disaster aid gets some new rides . wired magazine . retrieved may 9 2014 . solar ship . www.solarship.com . retrieved 2016 01 22 . solar ship . www.solarship.com . retrieved 2016 01 22 . solar ship tv 2015 12 22 episode 5 mission burundi retrieved 2016 01 22 experimental airship crash lands near brantford airport . retrieved 2016 04 20 . experimental aircraft crashes near brantford airport . retrieved 2016 04 20 . 2 seriously injured in blimp crash . retrieved 2016 04 20 . experimental airship crash lands near brantford airport . retrieved 2016 04 20 . external links edit official website solar ship on facebook this corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title solar ship & oldid 733731750 categories manufacturing companies based in torontoaircraft manufacturers of canadasolar powerelectric boatscompany stubshidden categories orphaned articles from march 2016all orphaned articlesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 august 2016 at 19 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view