Originally Posted by
BEagle
The hideously ugly Nimrod AEW3 had a probe also, but no vertical surfaces on the tailplane.
That is a bit harsh. The only time I saw a Nimrod in the air was the AEW3. All the other times I should have seen one, the crew failed to find the airfield at which the Nimrod was supposed to be displaying. This included RAF Henlow, when we watched the Nimrod going round and round looking for us and despite being given directions (they were piped into the tannoy), they still failed to find the airfield for their display. Became a bit of a standing joke between me and Mrs WB627 as it happened a few times LOL.
However, before anyone takes offence, I know it was designed to find submarines in the briny, not airfields on dry land and could find a needle in a thousand feet of water.
Sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time and grateful to the pilot for putting it there. Not Photoshopped.