35th Coupe Icare

The 35th COUPE ICARE
The next COUPE ICARE (Icarus Cup) will be held September 18th - 21st, 2008 on the combined sites of St Hilaire du Touvet - Lumbin.

This new edition offers the following programme ...

les ICARES du CINEMA : 26th edition of the International Free Flight Film Festival
Starting Thursday at the south launch.
Documentaries, clips, fiction, adventure and exploration films .... long and short features .... pertaining to the themes of: air, wind, flight or any of the air sports!

ICARE EXPO : the air sports trade fair
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
A "must" for all free flight professionals
An additional 5000m indoors; over 120 air sports exhibitors
10000m outdoors, plus displays of second-hand material for sale

ICARE SHOW : aerial demos with top specialists
Saturday and Sunday
Aerobatics by top hang glider and paraglider pilots, speed gliding, paraglider drops, speed riding, parachuting, wingsuit, sail plane, ultralight and paramotor demos, girocopters and light helicopters, paragliding spot landing, kites, boomerang, demos by birds of prey...

ICARNAVAL : the famous Masquerade Flights
Saturday and Sunday
A contest of costumed hang glider and paraglider pilots: exciting, hilarious, original, fantastically creative and daring...

ICARE BALLONS
Saturday and Sunday
International meet of dozens of hot air balloons
"Dynabubbles", dirigibles...

ICARE MOMES : a special area for youngsters
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- In St Hilaire: paper plane contest, construction of identified flying objects, « wind garden», gyroscope, bungy trampoline, falconry demonstrations.....
- In Lumbin: the Youngsters Book Fair, area for kites, Icare Cinema for youngsters, modeling workshops...

ICARE FOLIES
Starting Thursday
Paper hot air balloons by Brazilian artist Tura
Music, street shows and animation
But also : Glide ratio contest, etc ...

ICARE ATTERRO
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Ultralight displays and demos
An area for kite flying
Initiation flights by ultralight and helicopter,
The Sports Folies : 25 different sports disciplines giving demos
Display area: kites, ultralights and outdoor sports
Music and street shows, .....