He was probably helped early on by being a small player in a rapidly growing market. He honed his skills and management team, and whatever flaws he had, which were few, were gone by the late '90s, and he chewed up everybody in sight. Don Young
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[Aspen's blankets are finding their way into jackets as well.] You could use two or three millimeters in a jacket and replace a significant volume of down, to have something much leaner and body-forming, ... There's also interesting work going on to perhaps address firefighter suits. The dream there is instead of 35 pounds of vulcanized rubber, you have something with more freedom and less weight so they can do their jobs. - Don Young Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBEb24gWW91bmcgICAg&num=5 "[Aspen's blankets are finding their way into jackets as well.] You could use two or three millimeters in a jacket and replace a significant volume of down, to have something much leaner and body-forming, ... There's also interesting work going on to perhaps address firefighter suits. The dream there is instead of 35 pounds of vulcanized rubber, you have something with more freedom and less weight so they can do their jobs. - Don Young Quotes")
![[Aspen is also collaborating with the U.S. Army and a leading defense contractor on a kit to shield the heat signature of combat helicopters] to make them less vulnerable to heat-seeking missiles, ... We expect in the course of the next six months to have these kits on about 30 helicopters. - Don Young Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0FzcGVuIGlzIGFsc28gY29sbGFib3JhdGluZyB3aXRoIHRoZSBVLlMuIEFybXkgYW5kIGEgbGVhZGluZyBkZWZlbnNlIGNvbnRyYWN0b3Igb24gYSBraXQgdG8gc2hpZWxkIHRoZSBoZWF0IHNpZ25hdHVyZSBvZiBjb21iYXQgaGVsaWNvcHRlcnNdIHRvIG1ha2UgdGhlbSBsZXNzIHZ1bG5lcmFibGUgdG8gaGVhdC1zZWVraW5nIG1pc3NpbGVzLCAuLi4gV2UgZXhwZWN0IGluIHRoZSBjb3Vyc2Ugb2YgdGhlIG5leHQgc2l4IG1vbnRocyB0byBoYXZlIHRoZXNlIGtpdHMgb24gYWJvdXQgMzAgaGVsaWNvcHRlcnMuIA==&author=ICBEb24gWW91bmcgICAg&num=7 "[Aspen is also collaborating with the U.S. Army and a leading defense contractor on a kit to shield the heat signature of combat helicopters] to make them less vulnerable to heat-seeking missiles, ... We expect in the course of the next six months to have these kits on about 30 helicopters. - Don Young Quotes")
