Jetlag50,
I shall try to remain calm.
Many approaches are tailwind for the approach and landing. Some airfield even seem to favour them (for noise) - ZRH is a good example.
You do not ever maintain MDA.
Not all VOR charts tell you the offset. This one is a good example. And we are assuming he was on the VOR approach, not the NDB - though that is of course an assumption.
I am intrigued by the fact that you never set landing flaps until you committed to land. In this case that could be as low as 290'. Now, I have never flown the 737-200, but I have many years in the -300 and -700. Attempting to go from F15 to F40 at 290' would be pure madness, and not in any SOP I have seen.