Jurgis Kairys

Jurgis Kairys

Jurgis Kairys (born May 6, 1952 in Krasnojarsk, Siberia in Lithuanian family deported after Soviet occupation) is a Lithuanian aerobatic pilot and aeronautical engineer. He has won many awards for his flying and has invented several maneuvers, including the "Kairys Wheel." He helped develop the Sukhoi Su-26, -29, and -31 aerobatic aircraft, and also has manufactured his own aerobatic aircraft, called the "Juka."

Kairys' most famous stunts until today is flying inverted under a pedestrian bridge (height 7 meters) over Nemunas River wash in Kaunas September 2 2000 (nicknamed "Ultraflight"), and flight under all bridges over Neris River in Vilnius on September 18 1999 (nicknamed "Flight of the century"}.

ee also

*Competition aerobatics

External links

* [http://www.jkairys.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.inna.lt/kairys-video02.html Video of inverted flight under bridge]


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