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Top Gun Flight School

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.

Top Gun References

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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iParaglide Location

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.

iParaglide Flying Sites

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.

Right Stuff Equipment

We regularly test fly the latest paragliding gear and select only the very finest for our iParaglide Right Stuff Paragliding Equipment Store. This ensures our paraglider pilots enjoy a state of the art performance and safety advantage to accelerate their learning curve.

Paragliding Webcams/Wind Stations

Vancouver Paragliding Webcams - get a view of cloud base to plan your paragliding cross country flight adventure.

Woodside Mtn Webcam

Woodside Wind Station

Bridal Webcam

Bridal Wind Station

Chilliwack Webcam

Hope Webcam 

Pemberton Webcam

Tsawwassen Webcam

Bellingham Bay Webcam

Tiger Mtn Webcam 

Sunday
Jun232013

iParaglide Right Site Weather: June 23

DateSunday, June 23, 2013 at 4:56

Paragliding weather forecast for Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas. High pressure ridge between two lows gives temporary clearing. Vancouver Paragliding: valley winds outflow to 10 km/hr, with 3000ft winds aloft east to 15 km/hr becoming south to 11 km/hr post 11:00. Paragliding Seattle - valley winds south to 10 km/hr becoming west, with 3000ft winds aloft south to 8 km/hr becoming sothwest to 25 km/hr post 16:00.  Narrow windows to fly Chillwack.  Pemberton & Vancouver open to paragliding all day. Seattle cloudy with rain, not recommmended.  Bellingham cloudy, not recommended.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Pemberton: -3.2C/1000ft lapse rate: advanced. Epic day for pemberton with strong conditions. Novice P2 paraglider pilots 09:00-13:00 with P4 advanced pilots 13:00-20:00.  Watch for possible early front arrival and OD late in day.  Chances to paraglide 80:20. 

2. Paragliding Vancouver: -2.5C/1000ft lapse rate: intermediate.  Grouse for Grouse Mountain Flying Team members. Chances to paraglide 70:30.

3. Paragliding Chilliwack: -2.5C/1000ft lapse rate: intermediate. Woodside 09:00-13:00 Novice P2 pilots, watch for potential lee conditions to subside. P3 intermediates 13:00-19:00, watch for strong conditons and potential OD late. Chances to paraglide 60:40. 

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Saturday
Jun222013

iParaglide Right Site Weather: June 22

DateSaturday, June 22, 2013 at 12:27

Paragliding weather forecast for Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas. Transitioning pressure brings mixed skies. Vancouver Paragliding: valley winds light inflow west winds to 10 km/hr, with 3000ft winds aloft light and variable.  Paragliding Seattle - valley winds becoming southwest to 15 km/hr. 3000ft winds aloft light and variable and becoming southwest to 8 km/hr as the day progresses. Low cloudbase in Vancouver, Chilliwack & Pemberton until mid afternoon.  Bellingham and Seattle opening up for paragliding early.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

Paragliding Bellingham: -2.3C/1000ft lapse rate: novice paragliding. Blanchard 09:00-13:00 & 16:00-20:00 for Novice paraglider pilots, with P3 intermediates 13:00-16:00. Chances to fly 90:10.

Paragliding Seattle: -2.8C/1000ft lapse rate: advanced paragliding. Tiger 09:00-12:00 & 18:00-20:00 for P2 novice paraglider pilots with P4 advanced pilots at peak 12:00-18:00.  Chances to fly 80:20.      

Paragliding Vancouver: -2.3C/1000ft lapse rate: novice.  Grouse for Grouse Mountain Flying Team members. Summit may be in cloud till late, wait for possible opening. Chances to paraglide 60:40.

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Sunday
Jun092013

iParaglide Right Site Weather: June 9

DateSunday, June 9, 2013 at 5:14

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area paragliding weather forecast. Mixed skies due to transitioning pressure. Paragliding Vancouver: light east outflow winds becoming west inflow to 20 km/hr as the day progresses. Winds aloft at 3000ft northwest to 16 km/hr. Seattle Paragliding: valley winds becoming northeast to north to 15 km/hr as the day progresses. Winds aloft at 3000ft northwest to 9 km/hr becoming northeast to 14 km/hr after 16:00.  With 30% POP and low cloudbase Vancouver & Chilliwack, may not open up until late.  Pemberton at 60% POP not recommended for paragliding.  Seattle cloudy until mid afternoon. Bellingham clearing first with possible blue holes for paragliding.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

Paragliding Bellingham: -2.7C/1000ft lapse rate: intermediate paragliding. Blanchard 09:00-13:00 & 16:00-19:00 for Novice paraglider pilots, with P3 intermediates 13:00-16:00. Chances to fly 70:30.

Paragliding Vancouver: -2.8C/1000ft lapse rate: advanced.  Grouse for Grouse Mountain Flying Team members. 10:00-19:00. Summit may be in cloud till late, wait for possible opening. Chances to paraglide 50:50.

Paragliding Chilliwack: -3.0C/1000ft lapse rate: advanced. If blue holes develop, Woodside, will have strong conditions for advanced paragliding. Watch webcam.  Chances to paraglide 50:50.   

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Saturday
Jun082013

iparaglide Right Site Weather: June 8

DateSaturday, June 8, 2013 at 4:32

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area paragliding weather forecast. Mixed skies due to transitioning pressure. Paragliding Vancouver: light east outflow winds becoming west inflow to 10 km/hr as the day progresses. Winds aloft at 3000ft  northwest to 17 km/hr. Seattle Paragliding: valley winds becoming north to 15 km/hr as the day progresses. Winds aloft at 3000ft light and variable. With 30% POP and low cloudbase Whistler & Pemberton not recommended for paragliding.  Vancouver, Seattle, Chilliwack cloudy until mid afternoon. Bellingham clearing first with possible blue holes for paragliding.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

Paragliding Bellingham: -1.8C/1000ft lapse rate: novice paragliding. Blanchard 10:00-19:00 for P2 novice paragliders. Chances to fly 70:30.

Paragliding Vancouver: -2.7C/1000ft lapse rate: intermediate.  Grouse for Grouse Mountain Flying Team members. 10:00-19:00. Summit may be in cloud for most of day, wait for possible opening. Chances to paraglide 50:50.

Paragliding Chilliwack: -2.8C/1000ft lapse rate: advanced. Woodside may clear late, with strong conditions in blue holes. Watch webcam.  Chances to paraglide 50:50.   

 

 

 

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Sunday
Jun022013

iParaglide Right Site Weather: June 2

DateSunday, June 2, 2013 at 5:43

Paragliding weather forecast for Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas. Mixed skies due to transitioning pressure. Vancouver Paragliding: west winds to 20 km/hr and gusty in places as the day progresses. 3000 ft winds aloft northwest to 9 km/hr  becoming west to 20 km/hr as the day progresses. Seattle Paragliding: valley winds becoming northwest to 20 km/hr as the day progresses. 3000ft winds aloft northeast to 15 km/hr. With 40-60% POP, paragliding is not recommended in Pemberton, Whistler & Seattle today.  Chilliwack forecasting 60% POP and risk of thunder showers, paragliding is not recommended.  Vancouver and Bellingham are options.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

Paragliding Bellingham: -2.4C/1000ft lapse rate: intermediate. Blanchard 09:00-13:00 & 16:00-19:00 for P2 novice paragliders with intermediates 13:00-16:00. Chances to fly 80:20.

Paragliding Vancouver: -2.3C/1000ft lapse rate: novice.  Grouse for Grouse Mountain Flying Team members. 10:00-19:00. Chances to fly 70:30.

 

 

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