Photo Gallery: The first flight of Boeing's 787-10

Ominous skies at Boeing South Carolina, about 25 minutes prior to the 787-10's first flight

The 787-10 begins taxiing to the runway for takeoff.

The 787-10 taxis side-by-side with an Air Force C-130 while on its way to the runway.

A look inside the cockpit at the test pilots while the Boeing 787-10 taxis to the runway.

The flight took off at 9:30 a.m. local time and landed at 2:35 p.m., just over five hours later.

Takeoff

Takeoff

Flight tracker 3 hours into the flight.

Air-to-air footage of the 787-10 flight

Air-to-air footage of the 787-10 flight

Air-to-air footage of the 787-10 flight, which reached 20,000 ft. at a speed of 383 kts., or 441 mph.

Coming in for a landing.

Coming in for a landing.

Coming in for a landing.

Getting ready to touch down.

The 787-10 passes by the Dreamlifter after landing.

Flight track.

The 787-10 being towed back to the hanger after completing the flight.

Veteran test pilots were Tim Berg and Mike Bryan.

In a post-flight press conference test pilots Tim Berg and co-pilot Mike Bryan said they “enjoyed the whole day. “Berg said, “We had a great plan, we had a great team, and we had a great jet. We did exactly what we wanted to and it performed exactly like we thought it would. And that’s about as perfect as it gets for a test pilot.”