Watch this high-tech plane make an eye-popping, nearly vertical takeoff | The Week

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If you ever step aboard a Boeing Dreamliner 787-9, you might want to take an extra dose of Dramamine.

This video of pilots rehearsing for the 2015 Paris Air Show displays the Dreamliner's extreme handling and grace, beginning with a near-vertical takeoff:

It's safe to say that aboard the new Dreamliner, you'd want to be very prepared for liftoff.

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Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.