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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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May232020

iParaglide Right Site Weather May 23

DateSaturday, May 23, 2020 at 9:04

Paragliding Weather forecast for Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas, based on data available at 0700.

Transitioning prssure with Low to NW brings mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers with some brief clearing periods in select areas in Vancouver, Chilliwack and Pemberton areas.  Mostly sunny skies in Bellingham and Seattle. 

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft SW to 9 km/hr, becoming light and variable.  Valley flow E outflow to 15 km/hr becoming west inflow to 10 km/hr by mid afternoon. Advanced peak lapse rate -2.8C/1000ft.  

SEA 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable. Valley winds winds S and becoming west to 10 km/hr.  Advanced peak lapse rate -3.0C/1000ft. 

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Bellingham: -2.8C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate. Blanchard for P2 pilots 0900-1300 and 1700-2000 with P4 conditions 1300-1700.  Paragliding prospects 80%.

2. Paragliding Seattle: -3.0C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate. Wait for Tiger summit to clear cloud.  Then a strong day for advanced P4 pilots 1100-1800 with P2 conditons 1800-2000. Chances to fly 70%.

3. Paragliding Pemberton: -2.7C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate.  Pemberton may open up today with advanced spring conditions.  Mackenzie for P4 pilots 1100-2100.  Watch for possible "Whistler Express" south wind blown out conditions post 1500.  50% chances for paragliding.  

4. Paragliding Chilliwack: -2.8C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate. Wait for Woodside summit to clear cloud. If showers end and sun starts to burn through expect advanced P4 spring conditions 1200-1800. Paragliding chances 40%. 

5. Paragliding Whistler: -2.9C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate.  Unstable day with very strong conditions. Whistler Team P4 pilots 1100-1900. 30% chances for paragliding.

6. Paragliding Vancouver: -2.8C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate.  Summit in cloud for majority of day. If it opens up, Grouse for GMFT P4 advanced pilots 1100-1900. 30% paragliding chances.  

 

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