United Airlines Dreamliner Flight a First for US

United Airlines made the first U.S. commercial airline flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Sunday, and the Chicago-based airline will be the North American launch customer for the next-generation airliner.

President Barack Obama looks at the electronic window shade alongside employee Rick Goade (R) in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane during a tour of the production facility in Everett, Washington, Feb. 17, 2012. United Airlines made the first U.S. commercial flight of the Dreamliner on Nov. 4, SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images