[rjsimmon]

Peter 'Wizzer Wilson', a BAE Systems test pilot, put the £120m aircraft down on HMS Queen Elizabeth without using its vertical landing system or a ‘tailhook’.

Misnomer. He did not use his tailhook, but he did indeed use the vertical landing system, it just was not used to hover prior to landing.

[Moonman62]

but he did indeed use the vertical landing system, it just was not used to hover prior to landing.

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Correct. It was used to execute a very low speed landing.