---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 12/12/14: 9 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 10:55 AM - Re: Gooseneck Die, Part Dieux (aerocarjake) 2. 01:12 PM - Re: Vi Kapler (Ryan Mueller) 3. 02:42 PM - Re: Vi Kapler (jarheadpilot82) 4. 03:11 PM - Fw: Vitalis Kapler has passed on. (Greg Cardinal) 5. 03:16 PM - Sport Aviation (Dick N) 6. 04:36 PM - Re: Gooseneck Die, Part Dieux (aviken) 7. 07:52 PM - Re: Gooseneck Die, Part Dieux (jarheadpilot82) 8. 08:01 PM - Re: Re: Vi Kapler (Ray Krause) 9. 08:23 PM - Re: Re: Vi Kapler (Ray Krause) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 10:55:06 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Gooseneck Die, Part Dieux From: "aerocarjake" I would chip in for a 9" segment. Really appreciative that Tom has done this - I am getting a short segment from him. I would like to have a full segment if I can for future bending of longer parts..... THANK YOU both for doing this....! -------- Jake Schultz - curator, Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=435650#435650 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:12:31 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler From: "Ryan Mueller" >From Forrest Lovley via FB, this morning: "I went to visit Vi Kapler yesterday afternoon, and he was still holding his own, but he passed away last evening shorty after 6 PM. Arrangements are still pending." Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=435654#435654 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 02:42:15 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler From: "jarheadpilot82" Does anyone have an address for the family? -------- Semper Fi, Terry Hand Athens, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=435657#435657 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:11:01 PM PST US From: "Greg Cardinal" Subject: Pietenpol-List: Fw: Vitalis Kapler has passed on. A message from Vi's daughter... Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Kapler Date: December 12, 2014 at 11:43:21 AM CST To: peterthepilot99@gmail.com Subject: Vitalis Kapler has passed on. Dad passed on to the great gig in the sky Thurs Dec 11th about 5:55 pm. 2 014. It was so beautiful, I held his left hand Jenny held his right, as he was taking his last breath, I closed my eyes & gave thanks. I had the feeling of being a little girl again, In the plane with Dad, Taxiing down the runwa y, sitting at the end of the runway, Revving the engine, checking the wings just one more time to make sure they worked real good. I turned around and saw my Dads face with the biggest grin ever. He flashed me the thumbs up s ign. Up, up, up, and away we went. I had the sensation that I was flying. w ow I am just in amazement. I am Filled with peace. I will miss him dearly a nd thank you for your condolences. Rebecca Kapler 1033 Forest hills Dr SW Rochester, MN 55902 507-288-3322 home 507-990-2938 cell purpleorchid235@gmail.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protec tion is active. http://www.avast.com ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:16:28 PM PST US From: "Dick N" Subject: Pietenpol-List: Sport Aviation Hey All, I just got my December Sport Aviation with a really nice article on the Pietenpol and also an article on Doug Ward with his Log Cabin fly in, also an article on Nordo I felt real good reading this issue, just like the old days. Hopefully they will keep it up. Dick N. ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 04:36:57 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Gooseneck Die, Part Dieux From: "aviken" I have tried my best to keep my mouth shut, but my curiosity won't allow it. What the hell is a gooseneck die and what is it for? Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=435662#435662 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 07:52:06 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Gooseneck Die, Part Dieux From: "jarheadpilot82" Aviken, Maybe a picture will help. -------- Semper Fi, Terry Hand Athens, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=435664#435664 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/screen_shot_2014_12_12_at_124237_pm_175.png ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 08:01:01 PM PST US From: Ray Krause Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler Thanks, Oscar, well said. Ray Krause Sent from my iPad > On Dec 11, 2014, at 5:47 PM, taildrags wrote: > > > It is indeed sobering news. As Ray mentioned, I am glad to have been able to continue some of what Vi has done for the Piet community, but it's just a small part of who he is and what he has meant to so many, for so long. > > It was not that long ago that I spoke with him on the phone on a Saturday morning (it was afternoon, where he is), and discussed taking over the manufacture and sale of tail hinge parts for Air Campers. Little did I know what I would get from him a couple of weeks later, well packed in a recycled moving box. I expected to get a shoebox sized package with some leftover casting blanks and maybe a jig or two because he said he had some castings that he had rejected but that would be good for me to practice on. I was wrong. In the box were many hand-made (and well worn) tools and jigs that he used to make the hinges over the years, and each of them had an index card taped to it with handwritten notes on how he used each item and in what sequence. He included samples of the recommended hinge pins, AN screws, and representative parts in process. All with hand-written notes on index cards. He included a cutoff saw that he used to face off the hinge tabs, a machinist's vise t! > hat he used to clamp the hinge halves for drilling, and a wheel to mount adhesive-backed emery material to true up the bottom and sides. I have kept all of the handwritten notes, parts, and everything else. It all means something to me. > > When I discussed a price for acquiring the rights and the "tooling", Vi went quiet on the phone for more than just a few seconds and I thought maybe he was conferring with a family member about it or something, but he was thinking. I expected some lawyer talk and a discussion of liability, forms, and negotiations. I was wrong. > > "Well, I guess I would let you have it all for $100. Or maybe less." He spent more than that on what he sent me on the box plus the cost of shipping it to me. > > When he said that it was my turn to fall silent on my end. I was flabbergasted. Then we discussed why he had stopped making the parts and why he was glad that someone would be taking over the production of the parts. That has been my only personal contact with Vi Kapler, but it was enough. He has lived his life the way I want to live the rest of mine, and for the same reasons. > > -------- > Oscar Zuniga > Medford, OR > Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" > A75 power > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=435621#435621 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 08:23:15 PM PST US From: Ray Krause Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler Truly a sad day. My best to his family, he and they will be in my prayers. Ray Krause Sent from my iPad > On Dec 12, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Ryan Mueller wrote: > > >> From Forrest Lovley via FB, this morning: > > "I went to visit Vi Kapler yesterday afternoon, and he was still holding his own, but he passed away last evening shorty after 6 PM. Arrangements are still pending." > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=435654#435654 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pietenpol-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pietenpol-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pietenpol-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pietenpol-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.