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  • Over water
  • ANA 787 Dreamliner
  • Above the clouds
  • 787 over civilization
  • The cockpit
  • Interior door
  • First flight takeoff
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Boeing's 787 high in the sky (photos)

787 over snow-capped mountains

On December 15, 2009, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner took its first flight, achieving a major milestone in the plane's eventual commercial deployment. Now, as it moves towards that goal, the 787 has been put through a series of new tests, most recently its stall test, in which the pilots take it high in the sky and intentionally cut power to its engines to ensure that they can recover in flight.

Here, one of the first 787s is seen flying high over the snow-capped mountains of the Pacific Northwest.
Photo by: Boeing

Over water

Though hundreds of reporters and thousands of Boeing employees were on hand for the first flight, an extremely small number of people have seen the plane at altitude. These images, from Boeing, show the plane soaring through the sky.
Photo by: Boeing

ANA 787 Dreamliner

Initially, Boeing is conducting its flight tests with two separate 787s. One is painted with a basic Boeing 787 insignia, while this one is painted with the insignia of Air Nippon Airways, which will be among the first carriers to fly the plane.
Photo by: Boeing

Above the clouds

Boeing's first 787 Dreamliner soars above the clouds.
Photo by: Boeing

787 over civilization

Boeing's first 787 Dreamliner flies over the populated Pacific Northwest.
Photo by: Boeing

The cockpit

The cockpit of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Photo by: Boeing

Interior door

A view of a mock-up of the interior door of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Photo by: Boeing

First flight takeoff

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner takes off for its first-ever flight, from Paine Field, in Everett, Wash., on December 15, 2009.
Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET

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