ICARE EXPO : the air sports trade fair
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
A Trade Fair uniting over 200 worldwide manufacturers and other enterprises specialized in ultra light air sports des sports: paragliding, paramotor, hang gliding, ULM, sky diving….
Over 5000 m² of trade fair grounds are covered
Thursday : 2:00 – 7:30 p.m. / Friday : 10:00 – 7:30 p.m / Saturday : 10:00 – 21:00 p.m / Sunday : 10:00 – 18:30 p.m
10,000m² outdoor area reserved for second hand equipment: hang gliders, ULM, paramotors…
Second hand Paragliding Stand
Les ICARES du CINEMA : 31th International Free Flight Film Festival
Starting Thursday at the south launch.
Air sports on the big screen !
Documentaries, clips, fiction, adventure and exploration films .... long and short features .... pertaining to the themes of air, flight, wind and all aerial sports.

ICARE SHOW : aerial demos with top specialists
Saturday and Sunday
Aerobatic shows by hang glider and paraglider pilots
Acrobatic sailplane
ULM and gyro demos
Christian Moullec on site for the ultralight flights accompanied by geese
Pioneer Team (Patrol of 4 aircrafts)
Pulma and paramotors
Kites, sports kiting and boomerang
Demonstration of the Stearman biplane
Air Force acrobatic team demo
Paraglider manufacturers demos
Icarobatix : a paramotor challenge among the world’s top pilots
Yves Rossy : the jetman
Falconry demonstrations
Thursday and Friday free days for pilots
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 Sundat
International meet of dozens of hot air balloons
“Dynabubbles”, dirigibles…
ICARE MOMES : a special area for youngsters
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Paper plane contest, workshops for Brazilian balloon fabrication, workshops for kite making sailplanes, wind farms, discovery programmes on renewable energies, kite making and piloting workshops, model aircraft workshop falconry demonstrations...
In St Hilaire (on the South launch) : with the partnership of the Conseil Général of Isere and in collaboration with the children of the primary school of St Hilaire
In Lumbin : in collaboration with the Grésivaudan
ICARE FOLIES
From 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, Vol 1807, etc ...
Discover : the Coupe Icare space (Icare laboratory) located at the upper cable car station: films, photos…
ICARE ATTERRO
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
ULM area and demo flights
Kites: exhibition and demonstration area
Model aircraft: demonstrations, exhibitions and trade fair
Expo of outdoor sports and leisure
Initiation flights by ultralight (ULM) and helicopter,
New : The Luminariums : invitation to a sensorial journey of lights and colors in a monumental labyrinthine space
etc ....
ICARE ECO
Des navettes grand public, samedi et dimanche, au départ de Grenoble, entre Lumbin (aire d'atterrissage) et St Hilaire du Touvet (aire de décollage) ainsi qu'entre les parkings et le coeur de la manifestation
Des navettes pilotes à compter du jeudi, pour assurer la liaison entre l’aire d’atterrissage de Lumbin et l’aire de décollage de St Hilaire
Des parkings gratuits à St Hilaire, à Lumbin et à La Terrasse
Des circuits vélos balisés pour rejoindre la manifestation
Du covoiturage
Des gobelets consignés sur tous les points de restauration
Des poubelles de tri
Des cabas écolos aux couleurs de l’évènement.....
La Coupe Icare affirme ses engagements et ce grace au concours de la Région Rhône Alpes, du Conseil Général de l’Isère, de la Communauté de Communes du Grésivaudan..

View poster!
Download the poster for the 40th!

French astronaut Jean Pierre Haigneré, should be present at the next Coupe Icare and ensure the Presidency Jury Film Festival.
DVD Coupe Icare
DVD : The Coupe Icare 2012, 2011, 2010, DVD : Legend of the Coupe Icare… More
900 VOLUNTEERS FOR THE COUPE ICARE !
900 volunteers for the Coupe Icare !
Assisting the Coupe Icare.org association, there are 30 partnering associations making for over 900 volunteers who participate in the elaboration of this event! A thousand thanks to all of them for their generous time, energy, enthusiasm and smiles.