Boeing's breakthrough aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner, is prepared for a late morning flight to Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, departing from SeaTac International Airport in SeaTac, WA. Commercial flights from San Francisco begin the week of Jan. 6 and link Mineta San Jose International Airport - and thus Silicon Valley - with Tokyo and the tech world of Japan. All Nippon Airways, the global launch customer for the Dreamliner, is the carrier. By JORDAN STEAD/SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE (Read the story here: http://bit.ly/VCFnIv)
