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Micron CEO Steve Appleton was killed in a plane crash this morning in Boise. Appleton was the pilot and only person on board. Micron has released the following statement:
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Micron CEO Steve Killed In Plane Crash
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NKDietrich
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Worked for Micron in Boise for about a year, great place to work. Shame to hear about Steve.
NoOther
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Wow, that is just unexpected. Micron has done a lot of good work over the years and come up with a number of interested products.
GoldenTiger
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Sad to hear this... I'm sure family won't see this, but my condolences.
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RIP Steve...
Theme song for the funeral, "The Way We Were"
"Memories..."
Theme song for the funeral, "The Way We Were"
"Memories..."
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R.I.P. Mr. Steve Appleton. Condolences to the Appleton family for their loss.
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R.I.P. Mr. Appleton and family. 
No. Steven was the 11th most popular boy baby name in the 1950s and 1960s. There's a lot of Steves around. Not as bad as Michael, though. Just yell "Mike!" in a crowded room and see how many heads turn.
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yet how many of the CEOs in the world have the name Steve and die in the same year and then one of the CEOs is from a company called Apple, while the other CEO's last name is Appleton. The odds of that are astronomically low. That is the point he was trying to get across.
clarkkent57
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I once yelled "NEIL!" in a gay bar and ten guys hit their knees...does that count?
small planes piloted by newbs = BAD fucking idea... we seem to have a new story every month about people dieing in small aircraft.. RIP to the guy but i guess people will never learn or cease taking unnecessary risks..at least he didn't take out his whole family like other guys have done..
I was thinking the same thing. He may be a decent pilot, but CEOs of companies should be prohibited from flying their own jets. So much of a liability to the company and people who work for them.
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Not sure if serious or a troll. If serious...you must have thought gong to the moon was a really fucking bad idea.
I'm sorry but as this bloomberg report indicates, this particular type of aircraft may have some mechanical issues. I don't think you have any idea that this pilot was a "newb" so I would be sure you don't approach the situation as such.
RIP Steve - judging by your choice of aircraft you passed on doing what must have been a passionate hobby and something you immensely enjoyed - my condolences to the family.
Not even close. ^-^
.... so make money not to spend it on what you enjoy?
Mr. Appleton was not a "newb" by any defination. He has over twenty years of flight experence and was certified for a wide varity of aircraft. Yeah, he liked pushing the edge of reason when it came to his preference for flying higher performance aircraft, but that no different than driving fast cars is it.
My sympathies to Mr. Appleton's family and best wishes for his next life.
What I meant by that was that many hobbyist pilots have problems they can't handle and crash/die. By "newb" i mean he is a hobbyist and is not flying as a profession. It is sad, and I didn't mean any disrespect to him or his family. But the fact remains that many hobbyist pilots die this way, and often take family members with them to the grave, which is a damn shame.
Many "professionals" die that way to. Still missing point. Still can't say his skill level is less than a "professional".
Guy was doing what he likely loved and died doing it. He knew the risks and made the choice to do it anyways. Nothing wrong with that, we should all be so lucky.
As for the guy with the idea that CEOs should not be allowed to do things in their personal lives that others can....really? Business is business, personal life is personal. There is a separation.
Guy was doing what he likely loved and died doing it. He knew the risks and made the choice to do it anyways. Nothing wrong with that, we should all be so lucky.
As for the guy with the idea that CEOs should not be allowed to do things in their personal lives that others can....really? Business is business, personal life is personal. There is a separation.
As a light sport aircraft pilot, I pay a lot of attention to these safety reports.
Its not the plane or the pilot, its a combination of both.
A lot of these wealthy elite and celebrities often have a lot more money than they have dedication to training and safety, and they don't get high wing slower and more forgiving aircraft, they often go for the best and fastest and have crews that do all maintenance so aren't as familiar with the aircraft as they should be.
You can see it at the airports when they land, often flying the plane onto the ground at high rates of speed pushing it down onto the wheels instead of your more conservative gentle soft flares you'd expect.
So he probably would have been fine had he been flying something more mundane like a Cessna 172 where things happen slowly and it doesn't stall or spin easily and is very easy to recover when it does, and technically I seriously doubt there is anything wrong with the Lancair itself, its just less forgiving and sometimes that can be deadly.
Its not the plane or the pilot, its a combination of both.
A lot of these wealthy elite and celebrities often have a lot more money than they have dedication to training and safety, and they don't get high wing slower and more forgiving aircraft, they often go for the best and fastest and have crews that do all maintenance so aren't as familiar with the aircraft as they should be.
You can see it at the airports when they land, often flying the plane onto the ground at high rates of speed pushing it down onto the wheels instead of your more conservative gentle soft flares you'd expect.
So he probably would have been fine had he been flying something more mundane like a Cessna 172 where things happen slowly and it doesn't stall or spin easily and is very easy to recover when it does, and technically I seriously doubt there is anything wrong with the Lancair itself, its just less forgiving and sometimes that can be deadly.