Herc side console

[EOSM37]

I once had the pleasure of a jolly flight around the Falkland Islands in a Herc. I was in the rear jumpseat (under the bubble) for the take off. As soon as we took off I noticed a Sgt, not one of the pilots got up and retarded 1 lever on the console and some clear liquid came out of it.

Can anyone tell me what the liquid was and why the Captain or Co-pilot did not do it?

Thanks

[Airborne Aircrew]

That's the bar... Probably Vodka or Gin...

The pilots aren't qualified...

[Dengue_Dude]

Sounds like the hot water flask. Once the flaps are up 'where's my cuppa'?

So this post is a joke right?

But if it had been Pete Tyas, that fluid could have been anything - not yellow was it?

[Seldomfitforpurpose]

No, the yellow fluid lived the other side of the flight deck, in the corner by the table

[Pontius Navigator]

In days of old the sergeant knew what it was, the pilot officer did a taste test, the flight lieutenant did a smell test, the sqn ldr did a visual observation but the wg cdr didn't notice as he has a sqn ldr, flt lt, and fg off to confirm what the sgt knew.

[charliegolf]

Side console = nav sitting very still indeed.

CG

[Motleycallsign]

The Sgt was probably draining fluid off before he pulled the 'T' Handles with the black and yellow hatching on the overhead panel in a similar thread...