I came across a photo of an early Nimrod MR2P with small finlets on the tailplanes, rather than the usual large rectangular fins.
I had a look at all the various Nimrod books on my shelves (a surprising number) and could find no explanation, but started to wonder if it was a feature of the initial Falklands UOR-type MR2P conversion (to XV227, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 237, 238, 239, 243, 247, 248, 253, 254, 255 and 260), with the larger finlets being applied to the R1s* and subsequent 'production' MR2P conversions.
Initially I wondered if the big rectangular finlets were associated with the MR2s 'Yellow Gate' wing pods, but then found photos of 249 with wingtip pods, no finlets, and no AAR probe.
Does anyone remember this episode?
*(I know that the first 'probed' R1 initially still had Chelton hockey stick antennas on the tailplanes).
