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List Of Lithuanian Gliders
This is a list of glider aircraft, gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available) Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer. Lithuanian miscellaneous constructors * Bėkšta RB-11 – Romualdas Bėkšta * Oškinis BRO-11, BrO-11 - 1954 - by Bronius Oškinis * Garalevičiaus-Kulvinskio GK-1 – GARALEVIČIAUS, J. & A. Kulvinskas * LAK-9 - 1976 - by Kęstutis Gečas (ESAG) * LAK-12 - 1979 - by Kęstutis Gečas (senior constructor at ) * LAK-14 - 1981 - by Antanas Paknys (ESAG) * LAK-15 - 1989 - by J. Bankauskas (ESAG) * LAK-16 - 1986 - by Gintaras Sabaliauskas and Kęstutis Leonavičius (ESAG) * LAK-17 * Sportinė Aviacija LAK-19, LAK-19 - 2001 * Sportinė Aviacija LAK-20, LAK-20 - 2007 * LAK Genesis 2 - 1994 * BK-7 Lietuva - 1972 by Balys Karvelis * Kensgailos Žuvėdra – Vladas Kensgaila * Rimsa Keva – Z. Rimša * Salaviejus Aitvaras – V. Šalaviejus * Spriditis (gli ... [...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] |
LAK Genesis 2
__NOTOC__ The Genesis 2 is a Standard Class competition glider that was designed by an American team led by Jerry Mercer. It was produced in Lithuania. It is notable in having almost no rear fuselage. However it is not tailless, because it has a small, all-moving tailplane on top of the vertical stabilizer. The tailplane is mainly a trimmer, rather than for longitudinal stability. Development During development it was found that carbon rods formed by the "pultrusion Pultrusion is a continuous process for manufacture of fibre-reinforced plastics with constant cross-section. The term is a portmanteau word, combining "pull" and "extrusion". As opposed to extrusion, which pushes the material, pultrusion pulls the ..." process could be used to provide a stronger spar. This technique has subsequently been applied to other LAK aircraft. The nosewheel was also made retractable and the wing washout was reduced. The production aircraft with these modifications, which flew in 1998, we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spriditis (glider)
Anna Brigadere (October 1, 1861, in Tērvete – June 25, 1933, in Tērvete) was a writer, playwright and poet from Latvia. Biography Her first story was published in 1896. In 1897, she turned her focus exclusively to literary work, and her first book ''Vecā Karlīne/Old Karlīna'' was published. Six years later, her first and most popular play ''Sprīdītis/The Tale of Sprīdītis'' was written for the Riga Latvian Theatre director Jēkabs Duburs, who staged the play in 1903. In 1985, the story was adapted for cinema, translated in several languages. World War I would lead her to emigrate to Moscow. In 1918, she returned to Riga and continued there her literary creation. Works She wrote comedy and drama, among which ''The Tale of Sprīdītis'', a young boy from a Latvian peasant family and his fantastic adventures in a nearby forest. She also wrote four autobiographies, among which ''Dievs, daba, darbs'' (God, Nature, Work) about the life of a Latvian woman in the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
