Jurgis Kairys, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jurgis Kairys

Lithuanian air racer

Date of Birth: 06-May-1952

Place of Birth: Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Profession: engineer, aircraft pilot, aerospace engineer

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jurgis Kairys (born May 6, 1952 in Krasnoyarsk) 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." His most famous stunt is flying inverted under a pedestrian bridge (height 7 meters) over the Nemunas River wash in Kaunas on September 2, 2000, (nicknamed Ultraflight).
He also flew under all bridges over the Neris River in Vilnius on September 18, 1999, (nicknamed Flight of the Century).