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Coupe Icare

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Coupe Icare 2020 – eight day super festival

The Coupe Icare 2020 is going to be eight days long – a paragliding and paramotoring super-festival in the heart of the French Alps
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Coupe Icare 2019: Pilot Alpin tandem harness

Stefan Kurrle from Independence introduces their new lightweight (1.8kg) tandem harness – the Pilot Alpin
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Coupe Icare 2019: 19-22 September

The 46th Coupe Icare, Icarus Cup, starts on Thursday 19 September and will attract an estimated 100,000 spectators over the four-day flying festival
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Win a paraglider in Coupe Icare fancy-dress comp

A Dudek Universal 1.1 paraglider, decorated in the 46th Coupe Icare colours, will be one of the prizes in the fancy-dress contest at the 2019 Coupe Icare
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Masquerade at the Coupe Icare. Photo: Alain Doucé

45th Coupe Icare: 20-23 September 2018

The 45th Coupe Icare takes place 20-23 September 2018 and is expected to attract up to 100,000 spectators over the four-day long weekend
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Hike and fly Dent de Crolles, Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet. Photo: Paul Guschlbauer

Hike-and-fly with Paul G: Dent de Crolles

Dent de Crolles is a classic hike-and-fly for hundreds of pilots at the annual Coupe Icare festival in Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet, France
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Coupe Icare 2017: 21-24 September

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Faces from the Coupe Icare 2016

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Coupe Icare 2016: All the new gear for 2017

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Coupe Icare 2015: Opens with a bang

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