- Jurgis Kairys
Jurgis Kairys (born
May 6 ,1952 inKrasnojarsk ,Siberia in Lithuanian family deported after Soviet occupation) is aLithuania n 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 theSukhoi 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 inKaunas September 2 2000 (nicknamed "Ultraflight"), and flight under all bridges overNeris River inVilnius onSeptember 18 1999 (nicknamed "Flight of the century"}.ee also
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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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