A chase plane flies beside a Boeing Co. 787 airplane as the 787 takes off on its first flight this morning at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Pilots Michael Carriker and Randall Neville lifted off in the big blue and white jet at about 10 a.m. PST from Everett's Paine Field on a four-hour flight over Washington state, beginning the extensive flight test program needed to obtain the plane's Federal Aviation Administration certification. Seattle Times story here. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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