The State - News from Aug. 16, 1989

The second flight of the B-2 stealth bomber was scrubbed because unspecified “minor glitches” delayed takeoff and left pilots with too little time, officials at Edwards Air Force Base said. “As you go through the checks before flight, everything has to be perfect,” said Air Force spokeswoman Capt. Tess Taft. “There were some minor glitches.” After a five-hour delay, the flying wing emerged from its hanger and stood for about 90 minutes before the mission was scrubbed. “They wanted to make sure they had a full day to run all the tests,” said Col. Don Weisert, the B-2’s deputy program director. The $530-million, four-engine bomber is built to elude radar detection. Along with the B-1 bomber, it may replace the Air Force’s aged B-52 bomber fleet.