Paramotor

From Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd of September 2019, at Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet / Lumbin (France), the famous ultra-light air festival Coup Icare will be held once again in the heart of the Isère Alps. The organization announces a spectacular, innovative, acrobatic and off-the-chart program with the wackiest pilots from all over the world.

We test-flew the 3 main novelties launched at the Paramotor meeting of Las Candelas 2019 in Spain, the gliders for motorized flight BGD Luna 2, Dudek Warp and ITV Piper, as well as the surprisingly light paramotors of Air Conception.

Gin introduces this cocoon, specially designed for paramotor, claiming it is a step forward, both in comfort and efficiency, and can be adapted to most frames.

The “High Flow” system is an update for these two classic engines that achieves a more efficient and reliable performance, according to the brand. For Polini engines.

Piper is the new full-reflex glider from ITV aimed at experienced paramotor pilots “looking for speed, accuracy and efficiency while maintaining a high level of passive safety”

Over a year after he took over the French company ITV, Mika Reigner seems happy with the response of the market to their new gliders and looking forward to releasing their new proposals for 2019: a dedicated paramotor wing,...

To celebrate 4 decades in the free flight world, the designer and founder of Gin Gliders launched a special edition of the Genie Race 4 harness in bright red colour, which attracted the looks at the Coupe Icare 2018...

With high temperatures and the sun shining during the 4 days -with only a few moments of clouds and rain on Friday- the largest event dedicated to our sports in the world, the Coupe Icare, deployed all its splendor...

For the first time, the biggest paragliding festival in the world, the Coupe Icare, took place outside of its usual location in St Hilaire du Touvet, France: Specifically, at the foot of mount Qilian in the northwest part of...

The Colorado is a glider of new design in which Mac Para incorporated technical developments of their more advanced wings, with a reflex profile that ensures high stability in accelerated flight and a wide range of speeds that goes...