The Icarus Cup

The Icarus Cup is owned by the Royal Aeronautical Society and the first competition was held in 2012 at Lasham airfield. The Icarus Cup is awarded to the winning pilot, who scores the most points across 7 different flying tasks, and prizes of £1000 and £500 go to the 1st and 2nd placed teams.

The aircraft must all be  heavier than air and able to be propelled solely by the physical efforts of the pilot. A series of tasks are available and the teams elect to fly as many of these, and as often as they wish in order to score points. These include distance, speed and slalom courses along with the Jacobson figure-of-eight, a highly demanding task completed for the first time in the UK at the 2018 contest by Niall Paterson.

Other challenges included in the competition are part of the series of Kremer Prize tasks, two of which remain to be claimed. See The Kremer Prize in  the “more” dropdown menu.

2025 Icarus Cup Results

Position	Aircraft – Pilot	Score
1	Lewis Rawlinson – AC302	3968
2	Dr Jesse van Kuijk – LSBU Airglow	1621
3	Russell Bridge – LSBU Airglow	1022
4	Robert Aries – LSBU Airglow	861
5	Muhammad Sarguroh – AC301	553
6	Max McClellan – AC301	511
7	Owen Jones – LSBU Airglow	343
8	Euan Grant – LSBU Airglow	273
9	Herbie Turner – LSBU Airglow	154
10	Dr Bill Brooks – AC302	133
11	Lorian – AC301	98
12	Sam Kennedy – AC301	70
13	Fabril Michitsch – LSBU Airglow	63
14	Colin Parry – LSBU Airglow	14

2025 Aircraft Competition Results

Position	Aircraft	Score
1	Aerocycle 302	3968
2	LSBU Airglow	1950
3	Aerocycle 301	553
4	SUHPA Lazarus	14

2024 Icarus Cup Results

Position	Aircraft – Pilot	Score
1	Lewis Rawlinson – AC302	6507
2	Kit Buchanan – AC302	5920
3	Archie Hancock – AC302	777
4	Robert Aries – AC301	595
5	Max McClellan – AC301	441
6	Euan Grant – AC301	406
7	James Denton – AC301	371
8	Aryaman Varma – AC301	252
9	Dr Jesse van Kuijk – AC301	203
10	Leith Loman – AC301	56
11	Torsten Reyer – AC301	28

2024 Aircraft Competition Results

Position	Aircraft	Score
1	Aerocycle 302	6801
2	Aerocycle 301	595
3	Super Lazarus	49

2023 Icarus Cup Results

Position	Aircraft – Pilot	Score
1	Kit Buchanan – AC302	7953
2	Lewis Rawlinson – AC302	7278
3	David Massot – Le DaSH	1129
4	Tom Stepleton – Le DaSH	1021
5	Dr Jesse van Kuijk – AC301	701
6	Greg Thomas – Le DaSH	518
7	Alan Blundel – AC301	301
8	Bill Brooks – AC301	224
9	Rob Petersen – Le DaSH	210
10	Dan Griffiths – AC301	210
11	Alec Proudfoot – Le DaSH	196
12	Lazarus – Niall Paterson	175
13	Mara Jennings – Le DaSH	154
14	Jonathan Shubert – Le DaSH	28

2023 Aircraft Competition Results

Position	Aircraft	Score
1	Aerocycle 302	6228
2	Le DaSH	2059
3	Aerocycle 301	701
4	Lazarus	175