This is slides about first flights in lithuania and technical aviation progress. Its a short Lithuanian aviation history.

1. FIRST FLIGHTS IN LITHUANIA
AND TECHNICAL AVIATION
PROGRESS
Lina Aleksandravičiūtė
AMF-14/1

2. The period from the first flights and the First World War and young
Lithuanian aviation institusions creation can be called aviation
prehistory of our country.

3. In 1922, Jonas Garalevičius made the first glider in Lithuanian, by
Poručik Kulvinski drafts.
Kulvinski and Rudven tested glider in 1911.

4. Pilot Sergej Utočkin brought plane by train in Kaunas, 1911. He held
demonstration flights. These flights was the first in Lithuania. And
after one year, aeronautics devision, which was formed for Kaunas
fortress saving has become aviation detachment.
Pilot Sergej Utočkin after first
demonstration flights in
Lithuania.

5. Sergej Utočkin brouht Lucki aircraft with engine constructed by his
friend, in Lithuania. The engine crankshaft was below the cylinders
have been arranged vertically.
In 1909, Lucki aicraft with Niurnberg shape engine reached 90 km/h
speed. It was maximum speed in this time. Unfortunately the plane
dropped of 30 m. height, pilot survived.
Lucki aircraft, about 1910-
1911.

6. LUCKI UNIQUE ENGINE
The front engine whirled 2,5 m. diameter propeller 1300 aps./s. If
necessary the pilot could turn on shaft and replacement of 3 m.
diameter 800 aps.s. propeller at the rear. The engine had to reduce
landing speed.

7. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
LITHUANIAN AVIATION
• The first airplane flights in Lithuania in 1911 is related to the first
and most famous of that time Russian pilots and aviation engineers.
Lucki in his
car.

8. • One of the first flights in Lithuania related Russian aviation
constructor and inventor Boris Grigoryevich Luckie work, has become
a meaningful whole for further technical development of aviation.
Russian Pilots

9. Kaunas aviation school was the most significant development of the
Lithuanian aviation in 1911.

10. Common failures, accidents value Lithuanian military pilots and
technicians look for ways to improve the planes, so in a short period
of time was very important to take steps towards a genuine
Lithuanian construction of airplanes which can not be imagined
without the inter-war aviation history.
Pilot near Lucki
plane

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ATTENTION