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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: June 4

DateSunday, June 4, 2017 at 10:27

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area paragliding weather forecast based on data available at 0500. 

High pressure ridge arrival bringing progressively clearing skies.

YVR 3000 ft winds NE to 9 km/hr becoming NW to 9 km/hr in afternoon. Valley wind outflow to 15 km/hr becoming W to 10 km/hr as sea-breeze establishes late. Advanced peak lapse rate -2.9C/1000ft. 

SEA 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable. Valley wind SW to 15 km/hr. Advanced peak lapse rate -3.1C/1000ft. 

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Bellingham: -2.8C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate.  Blanchard for P2 pilots 0800-1400 and 1700-2000, with P4 conditions 1400- 1700.  Paragliding prospects 90%.

2. Paragliding Seattle: - 3.1C/1000ft  advanced peak lapse rate. Tiger for P2 pilots 0900-1300 and 1800-2100 with P4 conditions 1300-1800.  Chances to paraglide 80%.

3. Paragliding Chilliwack: -2.9C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate. Woodside in light lee-side and shaded out early due to clouds, with  high lapse mid-day onward.  P4 pilots 1300-1900. Bridal with better alignment with NE and later NW winds aloft. P4 conditions 1300-1800 with P2 conditions 1800-2100. Paragliding chances 60%.

4. Paragliding Pemberton: -3.1C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate. Watch fro light NE aloft and lee-side early making for rough conditions, then NW winds aloft in afternoon.   Mt. Mackenzie with P3 conditions 1000-1400, and P4 conditions 1400-1900. 60% chances to fly.

5. Paragliding Whistler: -3.3C/1000ft XXX peak lapse rate.  Watch for rough & strong conditions if sun burns through. Blackcomb P4 team pilots proceed or not only with due caution. 40% chances to paraglide. 

6. Paragliding Vancouver: -2.9C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate. Grouse for GMFT P4 pilots watch for early cloud and light lee-side, follwed by strong thermals and rough conditions if sun burns through. 40% paragliding prospects.

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