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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=65 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04e00840erlcjm.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>News Articles</B></FONT><B>   |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mark Felling.com Dont let life pass you"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="rehab.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rehabilitation">Rehabilitation</A>   |   <B>News Articles</B>   |   <A HREF="caringbridge.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Caring Bridge Archive">Caring Bridge Archive</A>   |   <A HREF="van.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Van">My Van</A>   |   <A HREF="fesimplant.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FES Experimental Forearm Implant">FES Experimental Forearm Implant</A>   |   <A HREF="orthosis.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Powered WristHand Orthosis">Powered Wrist-Hand Orthosis</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04811c00egdysm.png"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id428.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Benefit Announcement"><B>Benefit Announcement</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id437.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stearns/Morrison Enterprise Interview"><B>Stearns/Morrison Enterprise Interview</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id441.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seven Dolors Parish Bulletin "><B>Seven Dolors Parish Bulletin </B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id479.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="National Transportation Safety Board Off"><B>National Transportation Safety Board Official Reports</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=415 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="816" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 82 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.broadenedhorizons.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.broadenedhorizons.com"><B><IMG SRC="961dd4b0.png" border=0 width="221" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="94"><div> <A HREF="http://www.BroadenedHorizons.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.BroadenedHorizons.com"><B>"Innovative Solutions for the Mobility Impaired"</B></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="467"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="82" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="467" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="components/PlaneCrash_News.wmv" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="components/PlaneCrash_News.wmv"><IMG SRC="85c2a2a0.jpg" border=0 width="42" height="42" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></A></FONT><A HREF="components/PlaneCrash_News.wmv" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="components/PlaneCrash_News.wmv">ABC Channel 5 News Coverage of My Plane Crash (July 3, 2003)</A> [4MB]</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Plane crash near Flying Cloud Airport</B> </div> <div> Updated: 07-03-2003 12:38:27 PM</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="226" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 184 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="823dca50.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>The wreckage is in a wooded area.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> EDEN PRAIRIE - A pilot was injured Wednesday night when his experimental plane crashed in a river bottom near Flying Cloud Airport. </div> <div> The plane went down around 9:50 p.m. about a mile south of the airport after taking off from it, said Patrick Hogan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission.</div> <div> Chopper 5 spotted the wreckage on the ground in a wooded area near the Minnesota River.</div> <div> The pilot, Mark Earl Felling of Bloomington, is in serious condition at Hennepin County Medical Center. The extent of his injuries wasn't known.</div> <div> Felling had radioed for help before the plane crashed, police said. It landed about a mile from Hwy. 212 near Pioneer Trail.</div> <div> The Metropolitan Airports Commission and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="648" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 63 WIDTH="638"><div> <B>KMSP Channel 9 Local News</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Update: Pilot Injured in Crash near Flying Cloud Airport </B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kmsp.com/news/local/story.asp?content_id=1593047" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kmsp.com/news/local/story.asp"><U>http://www.kmsp.com/news/local/story.asp?content_id=1593047</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 280 WIDTH="638"><div> A 29-Year old man is in serious condition at Hennepin County Medical Center after crashing his experimental plane near the Minnesota River. Mark Felling had just taken off from Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie about 9:50 p.m. Wednesday night when he ran into trouble. </div> <div> A spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission says the plane went down about a mile south of the airport. </div> <div> Police and the State Patrol searched for the plane in the swampy, wooded area near the Minnesota River. Police say the pilot had radioed for help before the plane crashed. It landed about a mile from Highway 212 near Pioneer Trail. </div> <div> The Metropolitan Airports Commission and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. </div> <div> (Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) </div> <div> 7/3/2003 </div> <div> There was a little note in the Minneapolis Star Tribune today regarding <B>Mark Felling's</B> condition:</div> <div> "Pilot <B>Mark Felling</B> remains in serious condition at the Hennepin County </div> <div> Medical Center in Minneapolis.  Felling, 26, was flying a single-engine </div> <div> experimental airplane, a Dragonfly Mark II, when it crashed in Eden Prairie on July 2, according to the Eden Prairie Police Department. The cause of the crash is still being investigated."</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="648" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 51 WIDTH="638"><div> <B>KTOE Information radio </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Pilot injured in crash near Flying Cloud Airport</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 252 WIDTH="638"><div> (Eden Prairie-AP) -- A pilot is being treated at a Minneapolis hospital after his experimental <B>plane</B> crashed near <B>Flying Cloud Airport</B> in Eden Prairie. </div> <bR> <div> The incident happened last night. </div> <bR> <div> A spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission says the <B>plane</B> went down around 9:50 p-m about a mile south of the airport after taking off from it. </div> <bR> <div> Police and the State Patrol searched for the <B>plane</B> in the swampy, wooded area near the Minnesota River. </div> <bR> <div> Police say the pilot had radioed for help before the <B>plane</B> crashed. It landed about a mile from Highway 212 near Pioneer Trail. </div> <bR> <div> Hogan says the pilot, whose identity hasn't been released, was airlifted to Hennepin County Medical Center. The extent of his injuries aren't known. </div> <bR> <div> The Metropolitan Airports Commission and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="648" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="638"><div> <B>Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)</B> - July 3, 2003 </div> <bR> <div> <B>Experimental plan crashes near airport in Eden Prairie</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 92 WIDTH="638"><div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >A pilot was injured Wednesday night when his experimental plane crashed in a river bottom near Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie. Patrick Hogan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission, said the plane went down about a mile or two south of the airport after taking off from it about 9:50 p.m. The pilot had radioed for help before the plane crashed, police said. It landed about a mile from Hwy. 212, also known as Flying Cloud Drive, near Pioneer...</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html"><U>Purchase Complete Article, of 222 words</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="648" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="638"><div> <B>Saint Paul Pioneer Press</B> - July 3, 2003 </div> <bR> <div> <B>METRO/REGIONAL BRIEFING</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 92 WIDTH="638"><div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >A plane crashed into a swampy area near the Minnesota River in Eden Prairie on Wednesday night after taking off from Flying Cloud Airport. It wasn't immediately known how many people were aboard the plane, which went down about 9:45 p.m. "We don't know what we have here because most of it's up in a tree," said Eden Prairie police dispatcher Jim Schedin. 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