Memorial Stone for Nida's Gliding School
Memorial site

Southwest of the village of Nida.

In 1933, the Nida Gliding School, a mecca for Lithuanian gliders during the interwar period, was established on the highest dune in Nida, later nicknamed the Gliders' Dune and located right next to the famous Parnidis Dune. The Gliders' Dune was used for take-offs, as the east wind created a favorable headwind for take-offs on the dune slope. The infrastructure of the gliding school consisted of a hangar, a canteen and a school building. In 1933–1939, 508 glider pilots were trained at the Nida Gliding School, and gliders from Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Finland, France, Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands trained here.

In 1936, former Lithuanian military pilot Capt. Jonas Pyragius of the Nida Gliding School achieved a gliding record, staying in the air for 22 hours and 36 minutes, at that time it was the 4th result in the world, but in 1938 it was improved by Alfredas Gysas, who stayed in the air for 26 hours and 3 minutes.

In 1978, an arch was built on the foundations of the former hangar, marking the site of the school's gliding. In 1998, to commemorate the school's 65th anniversary, a memorial stone was unveiled to Lithuanian and German gliders. The site of the former gliding school can be reached by turning off the road leading towards Parnidis Dune.