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IMMINENT TAKE-OFF FOR 2023!

September 19 to 24, 2023 - Air show from September 23 to 24

The largest free flight event in the world!

The biggest free flight event in the world!

A back-to-school event that has become an absolute must for all free flight enthusiasts, professionals and amateurs, but also for the general public.

See you on September 19 to 24, 2023 for an event that has become absolutely unmissable and unique for all free flight enthusiasts, professionals and amateurs, but also for the general public.
This event has been awaited and acclaimed for 49 years now! This is a great achievement for an event that manages to renew and innovate every year! Created in 1974 by a group of enthusiasts, it welcomes more than 90,000 spectators each year.

@salewa jacket

Exclusively for this 50th edition, a superb @ salewa jacket in the colours of the 50th Coupe Icare.

These jackets are made of Salewa's Alpine Hemp fabric (49% hemp/40% cotton/11% polyester), which is resistant, yet cool and extremely breathable. ATTENTION FLASH SALE until June 20th - Orders only on line - pick up at the St Hilaire shop during the event and one-time shipment on July 15th by colissimo - Order a jacket

Listen to the history of the Coupe Icare [podcast]

With boundless energy, the woman who organised the Coupe Icare for almost 40 years looks back on her career and recalls her memories. Martine Lange has her feet on the ground, as she herself says. You have to be, to organise the world's biggest festival.

With boundless energy, the woman who organized the Coupe Icare for nearly 40 years looks back on her career and recalls her memories

The Coupe Icare is supported by
- The Region Auvergne Rhône Alpes
- The Département de l'Isère
- The Communauté de Communes Le Grésivaudan
- Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
- The French Free Flight Federation
- The FFplum (French Microlight Federation)
and also by the villages of Plateau des Petites Roches and Lumbin, and by some partners.

Thanks to them for their support and contributions.