"Among the many superlatives associated with Hurricane Katrina can now be added this one: it produced one of the most extraordinary displays of scams, schemes and stupefying bureaucratic bungles in modern history, costing taxpayers up to $2 billion."

What do you do when you need to invade an enemy territory without putting your aircraft in danger? You get your soldiers to fly in by themselves, that's what, no plane required. This ain't your dad's hang-glider though. These strap-on personal-sized stealth wings let troops glide over a hundred miles, at speeds over 200 mph, finally popping their parachutes at only around 1000 feet or so.  Hey, where are all those flying cars they promised would be here by now back in the 50s?