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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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May232021

IParaglide Right Site Weather May 23

DateSunday, May 23, 2021 at 4:30

Paragliding weather forecast for the Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Squamish, Whistler & Pemberton area, based on data available at 0500.

High pressure transitioning to low pressure, starting sunny, with progressively cloudier skies as day progresses.

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable throughout. Valley wind E outflow to 10 km/hr becoming inflow W to 10 km/hr. Novice peak lapse rate -2.1C/1000ft.  

SEA 3000 ft winds SW to 33km/hr.  Valley winds light and variable becoming SW to 12 km/hr. Novice peak lapse rate -2.1C/1000ft. 

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Chilliwack: -2.4C/1000ft Intermediate peak lapse rate. Woodside for P2 Pilots 0800-1300 then watch for increasing lapse rate and clouds, with P3 conditions 1300-2000.  Bridal for P2 pilots 1100-1400 then watch for increasing lapse rate and clouds, with P3 conditions 1400-2000. 80% chances to paraglide early, 50% to paraglide late.   

2. Paragliding Vancouver: - 2.1C/1000ft Novice peak lapse rate.  Grouse for GMFT P4 advanced pilots 1000-1900.  Watch for possible clouding up of summit and or showers late afternoon.   70% chances to paraglide early, 30% to paraglide late.   

3. Paragliding Pemberton: -2.4C/1000ft Intermediate peak lapse rate. Mackenzie for P2 pilots 0800-1100 then watch for increasing cloud instability and wind becoming pre-frontal with P4 conditions 1100-2000. 70% chances to paraglide early, with chances to paraglide 30% late.

4. Bellingham Paragliding: -2.1C/1000ft Novice peak lapse rate. Blanchard for P2 paraglider pilots 0800-1400 then watch for increasing SW wind an switch to P4 conditions.  Prospects for paragliding 80% early, 50% late. 

5. Paragliding Seattle: -2.1C/1000ft Novice peak lapse rate.  Tiger mountain with P2 conditions 0800-1200 then watch for increased SW wind aloft and start of pre-frontal conditions with a switch to P3 Intermediate conditions 1200-1700. 80% chances to paraglide early, 50% late. 

6. Whistler Paragliding: -3.3 C/1000ft Advanced peak lapse rate.  Watch for pre-frontal conditions by early afternoon. Paragliding not recommended. 

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