Coupe Icare

The Coupe Icare festival, held in the French Alps on the 17-19 September 2004, was swamped by pilots keen to celebrate the free flying culture and the end of another European season

The Coupe Icare was a wash-out, with torrential rain lashing down on the French alpine village during both days of the weekend.

According to ancient Greek mythology, Daedalus and his son Icarus were put in prison by King Minos of Crete because Daedalus helped kill the Minotaur and escape with the king’'s daughter, the beautiful Ariadne