Boeing's 787-9 Dreamliner makes its first flight (pictures)

The first 787-9 Dreamliner takes off over a Paine Field crowd of people gathered in Everett, Wash., to see the new airplane make its first flight.

Photographed from a chase plane, the new 787-9 flies over Washington state, fog and clouds below and a mountain behind it.

The Dreamliner, airborne for the very first time.

The new 787-9 Dreamliner soars above Paine Field in Everett, Wash.

The Dreamliner taxis prior to takeoff.

The 787-9 Dreamliner makes its first landing, at Boeing Field in Seattle.

Hundreds of fans of the Dreamliner program watch the new airplane make its first flight.