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SEATTLE - More than two years behind schedule, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner successfully completed its first test flight Tuesday, becoming the first passenger airliner to take to the air with a fuselage and wings built mostly of advanced composite materials rather than aluminium.

EVERETT, Wash. - Boeing's new 787 jetliner finally got airborne Tuesday, the long-delayed inaugural flight of the world's first commercial plane mostly constructed from lightweight composite materials.