Jurgis Kairys

Jurgis Kairys (born 6 May 1952 in Krasnoyarsk Krai) is a Lithuanian aerobatic pilot and aeronautical engineer.

Biography

Jurgis Kairys was born on 6 May 1952 in Sharipovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia), where his family had been deported during the Soviet occupation of Lithuania. He studied at the Vyborg Aviation Technical School from 1970 to 1973, attended the Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute in 1978–1979, and graduated from the Leningrad Civil Aviation Academy in 1984. In 1994, he founded the aviation company Kairio skrydžiai ("Kairys Flights"). He has also served as president of the Darius and Girėnas Aeroclub of Vilnius.