'It's the scariest thing I have ever done'
Oregon Paraglider
Jim Tice, 51, of Corvallis performs a preflight inspection of the 25-horsepower engine that powers his backpack praglider during a seventh annual mid-valley fly-in near Brownsville, Ore. on Aug. 29, 2010. Tice was among more than 30 pilots of experimental aircraft who attended the seventh annual Mid-Valley Fly-In at the Ken Sayer farm east of Brownsville. Some families spent the entire week, while others came for a weekend of fun. (AP Photo/Albany-Democrat-Herald, Alex Paul)