Herc side console
 

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

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

The pilots aren't qualified...

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?

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

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.

Side console = nav sitting very still indeed.

CG

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...