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At iParaglide Top Gun Flight School, we take pride in having taught over 1900 paragliding students in our 26 years of operation.

We are the the longest running school based in Metro Vancouver. Due to our central location, we are the only school that flies all of the relevant kiting parks, training hills and mountains within a 3 hour radius of Vancouver.  This empowers pilots to get to know the key training and flying spots early, optimizes and accelerates learning, and allows them to grow into great future pilots.  

We have the reputation of being an industry leader with an emphasis on engineered safety systems, quality instruction, the finest equipment and a positive learning environment for fun and empowering flying.

We offer the highest level of accreditation, with Senior HPAC and Advanced USHPA paragliding instructors, who coach from first flight to expert paraglider pilots and teach and qualify new paragliding instructors.

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Located at 962 - 51st Street Tsawwassen, near Vancouver, BC, Canada, for all your paragliding needs. We are ideally situated just minutes away from the finest training hill at Diefenbaker Park.

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We are central to paragliding sites in the Vancouver, Chilliwack, Pemberton, Whistler, Bellingham and Seattle area so students enjoy maximum variety and we can work with weather to optimize selection of the best location each day.

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Jul132012

iParaglide Right Site Weather: July 13

DateFriday, July 13, 2012 at 7:45

Paragliding weather forecast for Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas. Mostly sunny skies with risk of thunderstorms late in the day, due to low pressure immediately south. Vancouver Paragliding - valley winds west to 10km/hr and gusting to 80 km/hr in isolated areas near thunderstorms. 3000ft winds aloft light and variable and becoming west to 17 km/hr as the day progresses. Seattle Paragliding - valley winds light and variable and increasing to southwest to 16 km/hr as the day progresses. 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable and becoming northeast to 10 km/hr post 13:00. Pemberton, Vancouver and Chilliwack good in morning for paragliding today, but watch for potential over development (OD) and risk of thunderstorms later on.    

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Pemberton Paragliding: lapse rate -2.5C/1000ft: P3 intermediate paragliding. Mackenzie upper & lower 09:00-12:00 & 18:00-20:00 P2 novice paragliders. P3 intermediate paragliding 12:00-18:00. Watch for OD potential in afternoon. Chances 90:10 early, 70:30 late.

2. Vancouver Paragliding: lapse rate -1.2C/1000ft: P2 novice paragliders.  Grouse 10:00-20:00 P4 advanced Grouse Mountain Flying Team paragliding pilots only. Watch summit for cap cloud and potential OD. Chances 80:20. 

3. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse rate -1.7C/1000ft: novice P2 paragliding. Caution: lapse rate may increase dramatically locally if OD conditions establish. Watch for signs of developing clouds and increased localized winds, potentially gusting to 80 km/hr. Chilliwack calling for potential thunderstorms and hail in afternoon. Woodside (08:00-12:00) & Bridal (10:00-12:00) for P2 novice paraglider pilots. P4 advanced pilots 12:00-20:00 at Woodside & Bridal. Chances 70:30 early, 50:50 later on. 

4. Whistler Paragliding: lapse rate: >-3.0C/1000ft: XXX advanced P4 paragliding. Whistler team paragliders only 09:00-20:00. Watch for strong conditions and potential OD late in the day.  Chances 70:30 early, 40:60 late. 

5. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse rate -1.9C/1000ft: novice P2 paragliders. Caution: lapse rate my increase dramatically with potential for afternoon thunderstorms. Blanchard 10:00-13:00 P2 novice paragliders. 13:00-20:00 P3 intermediate paragliding. Chances 60:40, 30:70 late.  

6. Seattle Paragliding: lapse rate -1.9C/1000ft: P2 novice paraglider pilots. Caution: lapse rate my increase dramatically with potential for afternoon thunderstorms. Morning low clouds Tiger Mtn. 09:00-13:00 P2 novice paragliders. 13:00-20:00 P3 intermediate paragliding. Chances 50:50. 

 

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