|
Aeroclub Of Lithuania
Aeroclub of Lithuania ( Lith. ''Lietuvos aeroklubas'', abbreviated as LAK) is the national association of Lithuania’s civil aviation federations and air clubs. LAK, established in 1927 and re-established in 1989, it is one of the oldest non-governmental organisations of Lithuania. History Aeroclub of Lithuania was established on April 28, 1927, in Kaunas, then a provisional capital of Lithuania. Among the founders of the Air Club were country's president Antanas Smetona, commander of armed forces general Silverstras Žukauskas, opera singer Kipras Petrauskas, industrial tycoon Jonas Vailiokaitis. One of the key promoters of the establishment of the national air club and also its founder was Steponas Darius, a military pilot, active promoter of sports, latter a trans-Atlantic pilot. LAK's goals included promotion of civil aviation as well as pilot’s training. First four civil pilots were trained in 1930, first glider's pilots - in 1932. In 1933 LAK has established its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 200,000 speakers elsewhere. Lithuanian is closely related to the neighbouring Latvian language. It is written in a Latin script. It is said to be the most conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languages, Lithuanian is conservative in some aspects of its grammar and phonology, retaining archaic features otherwise found only in ancient languages such as Sanskrit (particularly its early form, Vedic Sanskrit) or Ancient Greek. For this reason, it is an important source for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukmergė
Ukmergė (; previously ''Vilkmergė''; pl, Wiłkomierz) is a city in Vilnius County, Lithuania, located northwest of Vilnius, with a population of about 20,000. Etymology and variant names The city took its original name ''Vilkmergė'' from the Vilkmergėlė River, which was initially called Vilkmergė and assumed a diminutive form after the growth of the settlement. It is commonly thought that the name may be translated as "she-wolf", from the combination of ''Vilkas'' (wolf) and ''Merga'' (maiden). More likely the second root of the dual-stemmed name is the verb ''merg-/merk-'' meaning "to submerge" or "to dip". According to local legend, Vilkmergė was a girl raised by wolves, who bridged the divide between animals and humans, in the same way as Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli. The folk etymology of "Ukmergė", by contrast, is "farm girl" (Lith. ''ūkis'' = farm). The original name has been adopted by the local soccer team, "Vilkmergė Ukmergė" as well as popular HBH Vilkmergė b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 German Ultimatum To Lithuania
The 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania was an oral ultimatum which Joachim von Ribbentrop, Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany, presented to Juozas Urbšys, Foreign Minister of Lithuania on 20 March 1939. The Germans demanded that Lithuania give up the Klaipėda Region (also known as the Memel Territory) which had been detached from Germany after World War I, or the Wehrmacht would invade Lithuania and the ''de facto'' Lithuanian capital Kaunas would be bombed. The Lithuanians had been expecting the demand after years of rising tension between Lithuania and Germany, increasing pro-Nazi propaganda in the region, and continued German expansion. It was issued just five days after the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. The 1924 Klaipėda Convention had guaranteed the protection of the ''status quo'' in the region, but the four signatories to that convention did not offer any material assistance. The United Kingdom and France followed a policy of appeasement, while Italy and Japan openly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pažaislis (Kaunas)
Pažaislis is a neighborhood ("territory") of Kaunas, Lithuania, within its Petrašiūnai eldership. It includes the Pažaislis Monastery. History The name Pažaislis is Lithuanization of Polish name , literally meaning "by Zajście", i.e. located at the mouth of the Zajście stream, a tributary of Neman.''Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland'', vol. VIIp. 960/ref> Originally, there were two so named places in the same area. One of them was a folwark owned by Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac. By the end of the 19th century it had 6 households with some 50–60 persons. Another was a manor ( pl, dwór) across Neman.''Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland'', vol. Ip. 5/ref> Originally it was owned by the Oborski family and Pac bought it from a Samuel Jan Oborski in 1664.Józef Wolff, ''Pacowie: materyjały historyczno-genealogiczne'', 188p. 160/ref> Initially, a wooden hermitage of Camaldolese was built there by Krzysztof Pac in 1664, on the hill called Mons Pacis in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft
The Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft (RRG) or Rhön-Rossitten Society was a German gliding organization, the first one in the world that was officially recognised. The Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft was mainly responsible for establishing gliding as a sport, not only in Germany but eventually throughout the world. Because the Treaty of Versailles forbade any form of powered flight in Germany, many young pilots and aircraft designers turned to gliding as a sport. Under Oskar UrsinusReitsch, H., 1955, The Sky My Kingdom, London: Biddles Limited, Guildford and King's Lynn, and Theodore von Kármán, hobbyists and serious university study groups began building gliders. The first contest was held in 1920 on the mountain of the Wasserkuppe in the Rhön region of Hesse. While many of the entering designs were no more than kites and many of the 'flights' were no more than stumbles ending in a crash, Kármán and his team from the RWTH Aachen with their glider ''Schwarzer Teufel'' (Black Devil) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregorius Radvenis (Heidrikis) (1903)
Gregorius Radvenis or Gregorius Heidrikis (November 11, 1903 in Parausiai estate, – December 26, 1989 in Los Angeles, California) was a squadron commander in the Lithuanian Air Force. He achieved the rank of captain in 1936. He became a qualified glider pilot pioneering and promoting gliding in Lithuania and holding the first gliding records in Lithuania. He managed and taught at gliding schools. Biography On November 22, 1922, Radvenis enlisted as a volunteer in the Lithuanian Army, where he was assigned as an air force mechanic. On May 9, 1923, he joined a pilot training group. On June 30, 1925, he completed the Air Force officers' school and on September 1, he was commissioned to the rank of junior lieutenant. In 1931, he went to the town of Rossitten (Lithuanian: ''Rasytė'') on the Curonian Spit. Here he attended a German gliding school and became the first qualified category "C" glider pilot of Lithuania. In 1932 he served as a gliding instructor at the gliding school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balys Karvelis
Balys is a Lithuanian masculine given name. People bearing the name Balys include: *Balys Dvarionas (1904—1972), Lithuanian composer, pianist, conductor, and educator *Balys Gajauskas (1926–2017), Lithuanian politician * Balys Macutkevičius (1905–1964), Lithuanian painter *Balys Sruoga Balys Sruoga (February 2, 1896, in , Kovno Governorate – October 16, 1947, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian poet, playwright, critic, and literary theorist. Early life He contributed to cultural journals from his early youth. His works were publishe ... (1896–1947), Lithuanian poet, playwright, critic, and literary theorist References {{Reflist Lithuanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronius Oškinis
Bronius is a Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ... masculine given name. It is a shortened name of Bronislovas. Notable people with that name include: * Bronius Kutavičius (1932–2021), Lithuanian composer * Bronius Kuzmickas (born 1935), Lithuanian politician and philosopher * Bronius Bružas (born 1941), Lithuanian stained glass artist {{given name Lithuanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DFS Zögling
The Zögling ( en, pupil) is a German high-wing, cable-braced, single seat primary glider that was designed by Alexander Lippisch in 1926 and produced with many variations by a variety of manufacturers. Design and development The Zögling was designed to be a training glider for basic flight training. The usual launch method was by bungee cord from a sloped hill. Because training was conducted solely by solo flight the aircraft had to be very easy to fly and also easy to repair. The high-wing design uses a kingpost and cable bracing. The primary structure of the glider is of wood, with the wings, tail surfaces and inverted "V" kingpost all finished in doped aircraft fabric covering. The pilot sits on a simple seat in the open air, without a windshield. Variants ;D.D. Zögling ;RRG-1 Zögling ;DFS Zögling 33 ;DFS Zögling 1 ;Lippisch Zögling ;Teichfuss L.T.30 ;G 101: production in Sweden ;Kegel Zögling: copies or licence production by Kegel-Flugzeugbau Kassel, using t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glider (aircraft)
A glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. Most gliders do not have an engine, although motor-gliders have small engines for extending their flight when necessary by sustaining the altitude (normally a sailplane relies on rising air to maintain altitude) with some being powerful enough to take off by self-launch. There are a wide variety of types differing in the construction of their wings, aerodynamic efficiency, location of the pilot, controls and intended purpose. Most exploit meteorological phenomena to maintain or gain height. Gliders are principally used for the air sports of gliding, hang gliding and paragliding. However some spacecraft have been designed to descend as gliders and in the past military gliders have been used in warfare. Some simple and familiar types of glider are toys such as paper planes and balsa wood gliders. Etym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-1 Technikas 1
T1, T01, T.1 or T-1 may refer to: Biology * The first of the thoracic vertebrae in the vertebral column * Thoracic spinal nerve 1, a nerve emerging from the vertebrae * Cyclin T1, a human gene * GalNAc-T1, a human gene * Ribonuclease T1, a fungal endonuclease * TNM staging system, classification for a small cancer tumor Computing * Apple T1, a system on a chip used by Apple * T1 font, or cork encoding, a character encoding * T1, a component of the T-carrier system for telecommunication * UltraSPARC T1, a microprocessor Transportation Aircraft * Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk, a jet aircraft used by the US Air Force for advanced pilot training * Lockheed T2V SeaStar, a.k.a. T1 Seastar, a carrier-capable jet trainer in the US Navy * Fuji T-1, Japan's first jet-powered trainer aircraft * Sopwith Cuckoo, a British biplane torpedo bomber of 1918 Automobiles * Bentley T-series, Bentley Motors model in the UK * Caparo T1, a 2006 British sports car * CWS T-1, first serially-built car manufac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
