Global Aeronautica employees in North Charleston, S.C. Charles Nowak, left, Lorrie Stockman, center, and Jami Compton, right, watch via a satellite feed as the first test flight of the new Boeing 787 takes off from Everett, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. Global Aeronautica is half owned by Boeing. The South Carolina plant helped piece together parts of the 787 fuselage.
(AP Photo/ The Post and Courier, Alan Hawes)