Coupe icare 2009
The next COUPE ICARE (Icarus Cup) will be held September 17th - 20th, 2009 on the combined sites of St Hilaire du Touvet - Lumbin.
On the programme for this year’s edition are the traditional events : Film Festival, Icare Expo, aerial demos, Costumed Flight Competition, street shows, the Kids Corner for the younger set… not to mention a menu of new features !!
The COUPE ICARE
Every year, in September, the COUPE ICARE (Icarus Cup) will be held on the combined sites of St Hilaire du Touvet - Lumbin, with ...
les ICARES du CINEMA : 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 150 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: area for kites, Icare Cinema for youngsters, modeling workshops…
ICARE FOLIES
Starting Thursday
Paper hot air balloons by Brazilian artist Tura : workshops and launch
Music, street shows and animation
But also : Glide ratio contest, Free flight museum, Inflation race for duelling paragliders, etc ...
ICARE ATTERRO
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
The Sports Folies : 25 different sports disciplines giving demos
Display area: kites, ultralights and outdoor sports …..
Saturday and Sunday
Ultralight displays and demos
An area for kite flying
Initiation flights by ultralight and helicopter,
Coupe Icare 2009
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If you want the 2009 DVD...
Coupe Icare 2009 : A DVD that captures the best moments of the 2009 edition plus a bonus series of the most astonishing costumes from 1987 to 2000 and from 2002 to 2009. Price : 15€ (+2€ postage).
The Coupe Icare Legend: a 52 mn film by Jacques Bayol that recounts the adventure of free flight with a slew of unedited images and testimonies from some of the great pioneers like John Dickenson (Aus), David Barish (USA), Jean-Claude Bétemps (Fr) and others who made the wild dream of free flight come true. Price 15€ (+2€ postage).
Contact : COUPE ICARE - Office de Tourisme 38660 St Hilaire du Touvet
tel 04.76.08.33.99 - mail : info@coupe-icare.org
Coupe Icare 2009, in pictures
Poster of the Coupe Icare 2009...
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