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Micron CEO Dies In Plane Crash
KHQ News ^ | 2/3/12 | KHQ News

Posted on 02/03/2012 11:37:56 AM PST by illiac

Edited on 02/03/2012 11:47:29 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Steve Appleton, the chief operating officer and chairman of Micron, has died in a small plane crash in Boise. He was 51.

Micron spokesman Dan Francisco confirmed Appleton's death Friday. Trading in Micron stocks has been halted.


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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: appleton; business; ceo; micron; obituary; planecrash
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1 posted on 02/03/2012 11:38:06 AM PST by illiac
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To: illiac
an avid pilot, was the only one in the experimental fixed-wing plane when it crashed
The same can be said for John Denver.
2 posted on 02/03/2012 11:41:24 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: illiac

Dang. RIP


3 posted on 02/03/2012 11:41:56 AM PST by Dysart ("Don't worry, it's not loaded")
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To: oh8eleven
The same can be said for John Denver.

Don't think John Denver ever flew a Hunter jet. Not sure yet which of his planes Steve was flying though. He's a regular staple at air shows in Idaho and the surrounding area.

Many lives of the Hunter

4 posted on 02/03/2012 11:47:22 AM PST by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: oh8eleven

John Denver ran out of gas...


5 posted on 02/03/2012 11:48:39 AM PST by DB
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To: illiac

Here’s a more complete article on the crash

http://www.ktvb.com/news/Micron-CEO-Steve-Appleton-dies-in-crash-138659114.html

“”I’d like to turn back in... and land. Coming back in,” Appleton said to air traffic controllers.

In the background of the audio from the control tower, a woman’s voice can be heard saying, “Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.””


6 posted on 02/03/2012 11:52:43 AM PST by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: illiac

I heard this this morning.

I used to work for Micron as a Director and had gotten the opportunity to talk to the man when I first started there, though I was with a Micron Tech owned company (Micron Electronics) and many level distant from him.

He was a good man. He was open to suggestion. He will be missed here in Idaho.

He loved to fly and get out into the outdoors.

RIP, Steve, may God in Heaven rest your soul in the Hands of our Savior, and may God’s peace and comfort be given to your family and loved ones.


7 posted on 02/03/2012 11:55:46 AM PST by Jeff Head (Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: illiac

And on the anniversary of another small plane crash that took 4 lives - including 3 early rock stars...


8 posted on 02/03/2012 11:56:19 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, Now Christian - "I wasn't brainwashed, just brain pre-soaked.")
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To: Domandred
His experimental fixed wing single engine Lancair crashed around 9 a.m. in between two runways at the airport.

Sounds like engine failure on takeoff and he tried to turn back.

9 posted on 02/03/2012 11:56:19 AM PST by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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To: DB

“John Denver ran out of gas...”

I heard he was trying to switch tanks, the control for which was over one shoulder, and accidentally gave too much rudder.


10 posted on 02/03/2012 12:01:24 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: DB
John Denver ran out of gas...

...back about 1974.

11 posted on 02/03/2012 12:04:44 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.....Eagle Scout since Sep 9, 1970)
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To: Jeff Head
I was with a Micron Tech owned company (Micron Electronics)

Didn't know this Jeff (or never put it together) but you and I worked at the same division. I started in sales when it was Edge Technologies in that little building across the street and left from IT when it was Micron Electronics.

12 posted on 02/03/2012 12:06:14 PM PST by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: grobdriver
Sounds like engine failure on takeoff and he tried to turn back.

Could be. A lot of crashes happen that way, even though flight students have been told to land on the softest, cheapest thing in front of them in case of engine failure. They are told not to turn back and that's been the advice for decades.

13 posted on 02/03/2012 12:08:18 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: illiac

I’ve got an old Micron Millennia RS 3000 (Y2K) PC that still has some life in it!


14 posted on 02/03/2012 12:10:31 PM PST by equaviator ( "There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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To: oh8eleven
that was one Rutan's (Vari-eze?) great planes....
JD (apprerently) wasn't paying attention to
flying the plane... Head in cockpit. :-\

15 posted on 02/03/2012 12:11:03 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Kill the terrorists, Protect all the borders, Laugh @ the (remaining) Liberals :^)
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To: equaviator

When Steve Appleton started at Micron, you could buy 64 KB DRAM memory for $100. Nowadays, you can get 250,000 times more memory (16 GB) for that price. He was really at the forefront of the computer revolution, and all you bloggers need to toast him tonight.


16 posted on 02/03/2012 12:13:22 PM PST by jimmygrace
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To: reaganaut

“The Day the Music Died” - Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The “Big Bopper.” February 3, 1959; Clear Lake, Iowa.


17 posted on 02/03/2012 12:13:36 PM PST by Texas Deb
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To: illiac
Very sad.

I believe this wasn't the first time he had an accident in an experimental aircraft - not the kind of hobby that allows too many second chances unfortunately.
18 posted on 02/03/2012 12:17:10 PM PST by indthkr
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To: Moonman62
"They are told not to turn back and that's been the advice for decades."

Wonder what is off the end of the runway? Perhaps he was trying to minimize damage on the ground.

19 posted on 02/03/2012 12:18:37 PM PST by frog in a pot
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To: Moonman62
that's been the advice for decades

Yet pilots continue to kill themselves that way.
Something happens to the decision process when it's your airplane that's failed and you want to get it back.
Good friend of mine, CFII and all that, pounded it into his students and then what did he do when his personal aircraft had an engine failure on takeoff?

Tried to turn back with less than the magical 700 feet AGL number in the bank, stalled, spun in and killed himself.

We all think "I'll never be that dumb" but I guess you don't know until it happens to you.

20 posted on 02/03/2012 12:20:00 PM PST by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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