NTSB Safety Recommendation A-08-50

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                   NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

July 21, 2008

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Safety Recommendation A-08-50

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The National Transportation Safety Board is issuing the following
recommendation 
to Transport Canada, Civil Aviation: 
Encourage Bombardier Aerospace to revise its Challenger 600/601 Quick
Reference 
Handbook to include detailed instructions for setting the takeoff
stabilizer 
trim as described in the airplane flight manual, to ensure that the
pages 
containing these procedures are clearly referenced on any checklist
pages that 
direct pilots to set or check takeoff stabilizer trim, and to inform all

operators of CL-600 airplanes about these changes. (A-08-50) 


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