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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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We recently graduated a CF-18 Hornet Pilot from our Top Gun iP2 Novice Paragliding Pilot program.  Read about his impressions of iParaglide.

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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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iParaglide Right Site Weather: July 28

DateSunday, July 28, 2013 at 7:28

Paragliding weather forecast for Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas. Mixed skies with transitioning pressure. Paragliding Vancouver: valley winds west inflow to 15 km/hr as the day progresses. 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable increasing to northwest to 17 km/hr post 11:00. Seattle Paragliding - valley winds light from the southwest. 3000ft winds aloft light and variable, becoming southwest to 10 km/hr. Good day for paragliding in Bellingham & Seattle, with potential OD and risk of thunderstorm late in afternoon in Chilliwack & Pemberton. 

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Bellingham Paragliding: -2.1C/1000ft lapse rate: novice paragliding. Blanchard for P2 pilots 08:00-20:00. Chances to paraglide 90:10.

2. Seattle Paragliding: -2.6C/1000ft lapse rate: intermediate. Tiger for P2 paraglider pilots 08:00-13:00 & 18:00-20:00 with P3 conditions 13:00-18:00. Chances to paraglide 90:10.

3. Vancouver Paragliding: -2.3C/1000ft lapse rate: novice. Grouse for Grouse Mountain Flying Team members. Wait for summit to clear cloud. Chances to paraglide 80:20.

4. Chilliwack Paragliding: -2.5C/1000ft lapse rate: intermediate.  P2 pilots Woodside 08:00-11:00 then watch for strong conditions.   P3-P4 pilots 11:00-20:00 but watch for potential OD and risk of thunderstorm later in afternoon. Chances to paraglide 60:40. 

5. Pemberton Paragliding: -3.0C/1000ft lapse rate: advanced.  Strong day for Pemberton early. P4 advanced paragliders: watch for strong lapse rate and potential OD, 30% POP and risk of thunderstorm late afternoon. Paragliding post 15:00 not recommended. Chances for paragliding 50:50. 

6. Whistler Paragliding: >3.0C/1000ft lapse rate: XXX conditions. Strong lapse rate, combined with potential OD, 30% POP and risk of thunderstorm in afternoon, make paragliding not recommended in Whistler today.

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