A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, quotThe Spirit of New Yorkquot flies over Northrop Grummans 20th anniversary celebration of the first flight of the B-2. The event was held Friday, July 17 2009 at the companys B-2 program headquarters in Palmdale, Calif. First flight of the first B-2, a tailless, bat-like flying wing named the Spirit of America, occurred July 17, 1989 from the same facility. Photo/Northrop Grumman Corp./Susan Goldman Photography