Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
About a year late but as she's expected to serve until at least 2060 so not too bad - they haven't started air/catapult/landing testing yet I believe?
The catapults have been tested with dead loads whilst alongside, and the wires were tested ashore too. No at-sea test as yet though, hence the gap between accepting delivery and the IOC date. Lots of trials to follow...