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12-19 sept. 2021 Saint-Hilaire - Lumbin PRESS KIT THE WORLD’S LARGEST FREE FLYING EVENT paragliding, hang gliding, paramotor and ultralight aircraft & A SPECTACULAR AIR SHOW FOR EVERYONE th Press Kit / Page 2 48 Coupe Icare - 12/19 SEPT. 2021 - FRENCH ALPS Index Page 3 - Editorial Page 4 – The not-to-be-missed annual rendezvous for nearly 50 years Page 5 – Coupe Icare program (provisional) Page 6 – Sanitary crisis: what impact on the Coupe Icare organization? Page 7 – International Flight Film Festival dossier / 39th Icares of Cinema Page 10 - Legendary Icarnaval: how the world sees the Coupe Icare Page 11 - Icare Expo, the International Trade Fair for Air Sport Professionals Page 12 – Light Air Sports are more Covid resistant Page 13 – Pilot notebook / new Icare Test - Icarnaval participation – Pilots’ Info Page 16 - History in 6 dates - the site of St-Hilaire / Lumbin Page 17 - Consequences of Coupe Icare cancellation on the local economy Page 18 – Practical information for the public Page 19 – Press Service With the kind support of Specialized air sports media: France: Air Contact, Mondial du vol Libre, Paramag, Paramoteur+, Parapente+, Parapente Magazine, Planeur Info, Vol Passion, ULM Info, Voler.Info (France), International: Cross Country Magazine (Great Britain), Lift www.coupe-icare.org (Holland), Volo Libero (Italy), Vuelo Libre (Spain), USHPA Magazine (USA) coupeicare.org CREDITS coupeicare COUPE ICARE POSTER: VALÉRIE DUMAS PRESS PHOTOS: Alain Doucé, Bruno Lavit, Johan Chemin, Benoît Audigé, Maxime Cotte CONCEPTION - EDITING – GRAPHIC DESIGN: www.frederiqueassael.com th Press Kit / Page 3 48 Coupe Icare - 12/19 SEPT. 2021 - FRENCH ALPS Editorial After the Festival’s first-ever cancellation in 2020 due to the sanitary crisis, all efforts have been focused on reviving the world’s largest, not-to-be-missed air sports event this September 12-19, 2021. The Coupe Icare president and team of organizers address their sincere condolences to the numerous victims and close relations of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although this 48th edition will naturally adapt to the evolution of the crisis, our intention is to reignite the unique spirit of Icare this year. We believe it essential to carry on dreaming and sharing despite circumstances, and of course with all due respect to sanitary conditions. The rendez-vous of the Coupe Icare is essential for all participants in the great wide world of air sports: pilots, manufacturers, federations.... It is the opportune occasion to build partnerships, sign contracts, present new designs and techniques… And to discover the beauty of our world on giant screens, to learn about other aerial disciplines, to buy and sell equipment and participate in the realm of free flight. Last year’s 8-day agenda has been reprogrammed for 2021. This year the public will have more days to enjoy the show. If the C-virus continues to stir up trouble after the summer, we will adapt to the sanitary measures required then. So, you can count on the Coupe Icare making a comeback in 2021. How? That is still the question. But know that we are working hard to continue Icare’s dream, in spite of all the obstacles the entire planet has been tackling over the past year. th Press Kit / Page 4 48 Coupe Icare - 12/19 SEPT. 2021 - FRENCH ALPS In the heart of the The Coupe Icare Isère Alps THE NOT-TO-BE-MISSED ANNUAL RENDEZ-VOUS FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS In 1974, about a dozen passionate pilots, daring to take up the new discipline of hang gliding, met up on the slopes of the Chartreuse range. Since then, every year in September, several thousand spectators and pilots have been gathering to celebrate human flight and air sports at the Coupe Icare on the site of St-Hilaire / Lumbin, barely a 30-minute drive from Grenoble and Chambéry. Since this beginning, the Coupe Icare has been largely supported by the local communes of Saint-Hilaire and Lumbin, attached to the Grésivaudan community of communes, the department of Isère and region of Auvergne- Rhône-Alpes.. The Coupe-Icare.Org Association is assisted on site by 1200 volunteers, who loyally return to this annual meeting of marvelous humans and their flying machines. Every year, 700 experienced pilots from a dozen different aerial disciplines become the actors of extraordinarily daring air presentations and feats, Icare’s Costumed Flight Contest, being the most celebrated of all. However, the Coupe Icare is far more than a spectacle in the sky for curious spectators. Since the 80s, it has become the International Free (and other) Flight Film Festival and a huge international trade fair for leisure flying. Today it includes discovery activities for children, professional encounters, sassy street shows… plus the latest addition: a 3-day Icare Test on a site devoted solely to paragliding. Similar to other outdoor sports, manufacturers will propose paragliding equipment and accessory tests right at the take-off area. Over the years, the Coupe Icare, born in the little mountain enclave with no more than 1500 habitants, grew to become the biggest gathering for free flying and light aircraft in the world. On the menu of this inspiring festival of human flight is paragliding, hang gliding, paramotor, parachuting, base jump, hot air balloons, ULM, model aircraft, kite, boomerang. th Press Kit / Page 5 48 Coupe Icare - 12/19 SEPT. 2021 - FRENCH ALPS What’s cooking AT THE COUPE ICARE? SUNDAY 12 TO THURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER • 39th ICARES OF CINEMA the international Free Flight and Light Air Sports Film Festival DOUBLE VINTAGE SELECTION 2020 & 2021 MONDAY 13 TO WEDNESDAY 15 • >> NOVELTIES 2021 << ICARE TEST test paragliding equipment TUESDAY 14 TO WEDNESDAY 15 • 1ST PARAGLIDING INSTRUCTORS CHALLENGE THURSDAY 16 TO SUNDAY 19 • ICARE EXPO* International Professionals Trade Fair for light air sports (hang gliding, paragliding, paramotor) • ICARE FOLIES* street shows and music to spice up the atmosphere FRIDAY 17 TO SUNDAY 19 • ICARE MÔMES* discovery activities for birdlings A SENSATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO SHARE • SPORTS AND OUTDOOR LEISURE SPORTS TRADE FAIR* of Lumbin with family and friends! SATURDAY 18 & SUNDAY 19 PILOTS GENERAL PUBLIC • ICARNAVAL* the world-famous Costumed Flights Contest • International Free Flight and Air Sports & • International Film Festival • ICARE SHOW spectacular shows of paragliding hang gliding, paramotor, ULM, * Film Festival • Carnival in the Air parachute, base jump, sail plane... • Equipment tests • Air shows • ICARE BALLOONS* meeting of hot air balloons and dirigibles • Conferences • Initiation to kites, • ICAROBATIX* paramotor slalom race at top speed skimming the ground • Professional Trade Fair boomerang, and model • ICARE ULM SHOW* ephemeral runway of Lumbin devoted ULM pilots • Secondhand market aircraft • ICARE MODEL SHOW* return of Model Aircrafts in Lumbin • Costumed Flight Contest • Activity areas for children • Ephemeral runways. • Street shows * Subject to prefectorial authorization • Hike and Fly program • Collective transportation, Sanitary constraints related to the Covid-19 pandemic may require changes in the program, • Shuttles for pilots bike paths free parking lots as it is presented today. • Free Funicular from Monday to Wednesday FOLLOW THE EVOLUTION OF COUPE ICARE PROGRAM THIS SUMMER AT WWW.COUPE-ICARE.ORG th Press Kit / Page 6 48 Coupe Icare - 12/19 SEPT. 2021 - FRENCH ALPS SANITARY CRISIS 2020 / 2021 WHAT EFFECTS ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUPE ICARE? In August 2020 after weeks of uncertainty, the Coupe- Icare.Org Association finally decided to cancel the 2020 edition for 2 main reasons: >> COUPE ICARE 2021 EDITION • Absence of a clear vision of sanitary constraints The organizers are doing everything possible to for such a large public gathering imposed on make the Coupe Icare happen in September, and the organizers by the authorities, along with the to adapt to whatever sanitary constraints are tremendous difficulty in organizing any event imposed at that moment. under such conditions; At the time of writing this press release, we are not • And the risk of creating a vector for contamination entirely certain that the Coupe Icare will follow its for the local inhabitants of the Plateau des Petites normal course of welcoming pilots, professionals, Roches and Lumbin. and crowds of spectators. The decision was understandably not an easy one Several alternatives are being imagined and to take. The organizers did not want to compromise prepped, with or without the public, the scheduled the sanitary security of the inhabitants, or the animations or even Icarnaval. participants: volunteers, pilots, professionals, and Daniel Raibon-Pernoud, former president of the all other actors of this famous air sports happening. Coupe Icare, insists that the festival will take The local partnering communities maintained their place this September, even though this will be his support of the organization which was able to cover last edition as head of the organization. In other expenses engaged prior to the cancellation of 2020 words, even if the gathering of passionate flyers and for the preparation of the 2021 edition. must be limited to a digitalized projection of the Therefore, financially speaking, the cancellation of Icares of Cinema (worst case scenario), Daniel the 2020 event was relatively painless for the head Raibon-Pernoud intends on keeping his word office. However, it strongly impacted the providers before handing over his seat. and suppliers who lost all or part of their contracts. For events management businesses in particular, the cancellation of the Coupe Icare added a hefty blow to other losses. FOLLOW THE EVOLUTION OF COUPE ICARE PROGRAM THIS SUMMER AT WWW.COUPE-ICARE.ORG th Press Kit / Page 7 48 Coupe Icare - 12/19 SEPT. 2021 - FRENCH ALPS THE 39th ICARES OF CINEMA THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF FREE FLIGHT AND AIR SPORTS A VINTAGE EDITION (DOUBLE SELECTION 2020 & 2021) FROM SUNDAY 12 TO THURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2021 NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS THE 39TH ICARES OF CINEMA WILL HAPPEN! This is the good news! Faced with so much uncertainty about the 2021 edition format, one thing is certain: the International Film Festival of Free Flight and Air Sports will take place.