Coupe Icare

The Coupe Icare ( German: Icarus competition ) is a four-day, held annually Flight Festival for aircraft of free flight.

It was first held in 1974 held in Saint Hilaire du Touvet in Isère (France ) and thus is considered the oldest open- air festival in the world. The goal is to have hang-gliders and paragliders fly next, unusual things. Allowed is everything - whether it is a bed, a 2CV - Duck on a paraglider or equal to a whole house.

Thus it is comparable to the Red Bull air shows, however, the aircraft will not be launched from a ramp, but start from one of the four starting positions with about 1000 meters altitude difference or be dropped from an airplane. For this reason, but (almost) all aircraft have a relatively good fit to fly.

The Coupe Icare every year attracts about 8,000 airmen and 40,000 spectators from around the world. Along with the Air Festival will be held a fancy dress competition, a fair and a film festival.

2005 there was a fatal to an accident when a Swiss hang gliders collided with a Gleitschirmfieger and crashed from around 30 meters height.

Competitions

The following national and international have been discharged at the Coupe Icare:

Gallery

Looping a hang-gliders at the Coupe Icare

Aerial acrobatics at the Coupe Icare 2004

The flying skills are pursued by many viewers