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By Scott Crowson
Secrecy surrounds the ownership of the jet that crashed near Kelowna last week, killing former Alberta premier Jim Prentice and three others.
The plane was owned by Norjet Inc., which doesn’t appear to have a company website, phone number or office. The mailing address provided by Transport Canada actually belongs to the company’s accounting service.
Its hangar at the Springbank Airport west of Calgary has no identifying signs. In fact, many of the hangars at the airport have only a street number.
Several people who work at the airport said the owners of private aircraft stored there like it that way.
“They don’t want folks to know what toys they have,” said Jeff, who didn’t give his last name.
Staff at the Calgary Flying Club said they didn’t know anything about Norjet.
The same goes for several members of the Springbank Airport Business and Pilots Association.
What is known about Norjet is that it is co-owned by several Calgary businessmen, including entrepreneur Sheldon Reid, who died in the crash.
None of the other shareholders contacted by Castanet returned calls.
Norjet appears to have no aircraft other than the Cessna Citation that crashed. It was the only one registered with Transport Canada.
The company gave a downtown Calgary address as its Norjet contact. But that turned out to be the address of Lawrence R. Gray Professional Corporation, an accounting and bookkeeping service. A company official confirmed that it did Norjet’s accounting. However, she declined to provide any information about the aviation outfit.
Hardy Neilsen, who was a part-owner of the twin-engine jet for 13 years before recently selling his share, told a Calgary newspaper the Cessna was never a safety concern. Neilsen said the 42-year-old plane was maintained rigorously.
Meanwhile, flags at the Springbank Airport and at the provincial legislature in Edmonton are flying at half-mast in honour of the former premier.
Prentice was the premier of Alberta from September 2014 to May 2015.
