Paul Kapsar
Joanne, my mom sent me the Erie obituary. I am sorry to hear of Steves demise and particularly the process he took. We had some fun times together in nursing school, our joint airplane ownership and some general carousing. When we owned the 1946 Aeronca Chief while in nursing school. Mr flight instructor would harangue me for dragging out my landings. The plane had a problem with the idle speed so Steve kept adjusting it. Made for an exciting time when I tried to do some maneuvers , pulled the power back and the engine quit cold. In an airplane you need to pull the propeller to start. Tough at 2,000 feet in the air. Needless to say I landed successfully in a cow pasture, got invited in to the farmers house for strawberry shortcake. I called Steve ( all this was before cell phones of course) back at Mooreheadville Airpark. The guys said Steve almost broke his jaw when it hit the floor upon hearing my voice. He insisted on flying the bird out of the field but he never gave me grief about my landings after that.
After school we went our separate ways and only connected for a short time in North Carolina. I have intermittently attempted web searches for him but there are a lot of Face book Steve Palun sites. My condolences for your loss and the extended process I know it was.
Paul Kapsar silverarcapn.con


