Coupe icare 2007 Update of the page : 14/09/2007  



The 34th COUPE ICARE
The next COUPE ICARE (Icarus Cup) will be held September 20th – 23th, 2007 on the combined sites of St Hilaire du Touvet - Lumbin.

This new edition offers the following programme …


Les ICARES du CINEMA : 25th 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

Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Aerobatics by top hang glider and paraglider pilots, speed gliding, speed riding, Ultralight and paramotor demos, parachuting, wingsuit, kites, boomerang, plus sail plane, girocopters and light helicopters, paraglider drops, paragliding spot landing, 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

Friday, 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, falconry demos, 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, Free flight museum, ...

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,  .....  

NOVELTIES 2007

  • Wingsuit and glider flights in formation * with Loïc Jean-Albert and German sail plane champion, Martin Kroke
  • Plane-Man: Yves Rossy*
  • Youngsters Book Fair  on the Lumbin landing area
  • Philippe Bernard returns to celebrate the 20 th anniversary of « Super Max »
  • The last attempt at setting a new record : simultaneous launch of 3000 hot air balloons with Tura from Brazil, at the South launch, Friday night at 10 pm (or Saturday if postponed due to bad weather)
  • Speed-riding demos
  • Bruce Goldsmith, 2007 World Paragliding Champion from Britain – will award the Public's Choice Prize among the « Icares » of Cinema
  • Parking is free in Lumbin
  • Special entry fee for Lumbin, and a global fee for whole St Hilaire-Lumbin site. 

And many surprises in store !

 
*subject to authorization by the prefecture


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