Hi,

I think this is the ILS glideslope needle. Try an ILS approach and see if it goes away.

BTW, some Hercs have a fast/slow indicator there (speed dev from a bug on the ASI) but that's not in this particular C-130 (very few real planes have it).

Regards

On your att ind the left hand red flag will go away,when glideslope is captured,the top red flag is your vor lock flag,you need to be tuned into your airport glideslope freq,for the selected runway,for these to work.
as for your autopilot ias hold,if i remember correctly,this is non functional,as it is with many aircraft of this era,and type of autopilot used.
regards alan.

I hope you can understand my my poor english:
The C-130 autopilot in the CS aircraft can hold altitude or IAS, but no both at a time. You have to switch the samll arrow on the autopilot panel, thet it points IAS and then activate by pushing the button. The aircraft will hold IAS by changing the pitch.