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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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iParaglide Right Site Weather: Sep. 13

DateSaturday, September 13, 2014 at 7:17

Paragliding weather forecast for Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas. High pressure and sunny skies, with outflow persisting until mid-day. Paragliding Vancouver - east valley outflow to 10 km/hr becoming inflow to 10 km/hr.  3000ft winds east to 22 km/hr easing to light and variable in afternoon. Paragliding Seattle - valley winds northeast to 16 km/hr becoming north. Winds at 3000 ft east to 27 km/hr. Late day for paragliding throughout, then strong.  P4 pilots wait till 14:00 for outflow and katabatic conditions to end. 

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Pemberton Paragliding: -2.8C/1000ft lapse rate: advanced.  Wait till 13:00 for katabatic and outflow to stop.  Mackenzie for P4 pilots 14:00- 19:00. Odds to paraglide 80:20. 

2. Whistler Paragliding: -2.9C/1000ft lapse rate: advanced. Wait for katabatic and outflow to end. Blackcomb 13:00-19:00 for Whistler flying team. Strong day. Chances for paragliding 80:20.  

3. Bellingham Paragliding: -2.2C/1000ft lapse rate: novice. P2 pilots 11:00-19:00 at Blanchard. Wait for katabatic and outflow to end. Paragliding prospects 80:20.

4. Vancouver Paragliding: -1.8C/1000ft lapse rate: novice.  Wait for east wind aloft to subside. Grouse for GMFT 12:00-19:00. 80:20 paragliding chances.

4. Seattle Paragliding: -2.2C/1000ft lapse rate: novice. Tiger may work but watch for outflow aloft and wait for it to subside.  P3 pilots 13:00-19:00. 70:30 paragliding prospects.

6. Chilliwack Paragliding: -2.8C/1000ft lapse rate: advanced. Wait for lee side, outflow and katabatic conditions to end. Caution for strong conditions thereafter. P4 pilots Woodside 14:00-19:00 and Bridal 16:00-19:00. Chances for paragliding 60:40.

 

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