November 25
OZ Transport Minister Anderson said the National Airspace System would proceed as planned after Civil Aviation Safety Authority chief executive Bruce Byron said he was satisfied with the quality and distribution of training and education material

November 26
The head of Airservices Australia - Bernie Smith - announced his retirement one day after new air safety rules became effective
 
"..he had decided to bring forward his retirement from December 2005"

November 24
Dick Smith admits defeat over changes he wanted under NAS for VFR flight procedures (based on the USA model) - Dick's NAS version was not accepted by Airservices who only increased controlled airspace (without radar control) instead - leaving Dick no alternative but to apologise to Pilots who were only seeking compatibility with the USA and European airspace standards

November 23
AOPA has reported that the Federal Government is "moving to strip Airspace Australia of its powers to regulate or change airspace so that it can proceed with National Airspace System reforms, despite Airservices planned rollback of NAS 2b on November 25"
 
Back in May 2002 the Transport Minister mooted the idea - the News Desk is unaware of any "Legislation to establish a separate Airspace Directorate" at 'press time' 2½ years later

November 28
A father and son team in an ultralight aircraft were killed when their machine impacted the ground after carrying out a "lolly drop" at a Christmas party function for the small Bluff community 180km west of Rockhampton in QLD
 
TV media suggests there may have been a structural failure involved in what appeared to be a Skyfox 2-seat ultralight

November 29
The ATSB have released a second report on the Benalla Piper Cheyenne accident
 
The report mentions the air controllers "air situation display" divergence alarm activated 3 times notifying them that the aircraft was not on it's planned IFR track
 
The duty controller(s) did not inform the pilot he was off-course and as expected the pilot commenced his descent approaching what he thought was Benalla - 6 lives were lost

November 22
A Bankstown based Bell 206 charter helicopter carrying out locust control work near Dubbo in NSW has crashed killing 2 of the 3 POB
 
"It is the third helicopter to have crashed in 3 months while carrying out locust control work"
 
The helicopter apparently "struck powerlines"

November 23
A heavy corporate jet has crashed in the USA approaching Houston's Hobby airport to pick former President Bush - all 3 on board the executive jet were killed on impact
 
The Gulfstream III jet clipped a light pole adjacent to the airport as it approached in thick fog - the crew were highly experienced and air controllers had warned the jet it was 600' too low just prior to the crash