Jurgis Kairys

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Jurgis Kairys (born May 6, 1952 in Krasnojarsk, Siberia) 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 upside down 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 18th 1999 (nicknamed Flight of the century}.

[edit] See also

• Competition aerobatics

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Video of inverted flight under bridge