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 

Saturday
Jul282012

iParaglide Right Site Weather: July 28

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area paraglidng weather forecast. Mostly sunny skies with localized high. Vancouver Paragliding - valley winds west to 10km/hr. Winds aloft at 3000ft east to 13km/hr becoming light and variable post 11:00. Seattle Paragliding - valley winds south to 15 km/hr with winds aloft at 3000 ft light and variable. Good day for paragliding Pemberton. Vancouver, Seattle, Bellingham and Chilliwack also OK for paragliding today.    

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Pemberton Paragliding: lapse rate -2.8C/1000ft: P4 advanced paragliding. Mackenzie upper & lower 09:00-12:00 &  17:00-21:00 for P2 pilots.  P4 paragliders 12:00-17:00. Chances 90:10.

2. Whistler Paragliding: lapse rate >-3.0C/1000ft: advanced P4 paragliding. Whistler team paragliders only 09:00-20:00. Chances 80:20. 

3. Vancouver Paragliding: lapse rate -2.5C/1000ft: P3 intermediate conditions. Grouse 10:00-20:00 P4 advanced Grouse Mountain Flying Team paragliding pilots only. Chances 80:20. 

4. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse rate -1.7C/1000ft: novice P2 paragliders. Blanchard 09:00-20:00 P2 novice paragliders. Chances 80:20.  

5. Seattle Paragliding: lapse rate -1.7C/1000ft: P2 novice paraglider pilots. Tiger Mtn 09:00-14:00 & 17:00-21:00 P2 novice paragliders. 14:00-17:00 P3 intermediate paragliding. Chances 70:30.

6. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse rate -2.3C/1000ft: P2 novice conditions. Woodside 11:00-13:00 & 18:00-20:00 with P3 intermediates 13:00-18:00.  Bridal 11:00-13:00 & 18:00-21:00 P2 novice paragliding with P3 intermediates 13:00-17:00.  Early cloud expected to clear off. Chances 60:40.     

Sunday
Jul222012

iParaglide Right Site Weather: July 22

Paragliding weather forecast for Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas. Showers throughout due to low pressure. Vancouver Paragliding: valley winds west to 15 km/hr with winds aloft at 3000 ft southeast to 18 km/hr, easing to light and variable as the day progresses. Seattle Paragliding: valley winds southwest to 15km/hr with 3000ft winds aloft sotwest to west at 16-18 km/hr. With 60% POP throughout, not a good day for paragliding in the Vancouver-Chilliwack-Pemberton-Seattle-Bellingham areas.

Saturday
Jul212012

iParaglide Right Site Weather: July 21

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area paragliding weather forecast. Low cloudbase and isolated showers throughout due to low pressure. Vancouver Paragliding: valley winds west to 10km/hr with light and variable 3000ft winds aloft. Seattle Paragliding: valley winds south to 10km/hr with light and variable 3000ft winds aloft. With low cloudbase and 40-60% POP, not a good day for paragliding in the Vancouver-Chilliwack-Seattle areas.  Blue holes may open up in Pemberton & Bellingham areas.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Pemberton paragliding: lapse rate -2.8C/1000ft: advanced P4 paragliding. May continue to open up and should yield strong conditions.  Monitor pemberton webcam here. P3-P4 intermediate to advanced paragliding 10:00-19:00. Chances 70:30.     

2. Bellingham Paragliding: lapse rate -2.2C/1000ft: novice P2 paragliding. Blanchard often has a blue hole when it is rained out elsewhere. 10:00-19:00 Novice P2 pilots. Chances 60:40.

Sunday
Jul152012

iParaglide Right Site Weather: July 15

Weather forecast for paraglider pilots in the Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas. Risk of isolated thunderstorms throughout due to strengthening low pressure. Paragliding in Vancouver: valley winds west to 10km/hr with 3000ft winds aloft light and variable. Paragliding in Seattle: valley winds south to 32 km/hr with 3000ft winds aloft southwest to 32 km/hr and diminishing post 16:00. With 40-60% POP and risk of thunderstorms, not a good day for paragliding in the Vancouver-Seattle-Chilliwack-Pemberton corridor.

 

Saturday
Jul142012

iParaglide Right Site Weather: July 14

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area paraglidng wether forecast. Partly sunny skies with risk of isolated thunderstorms, due to low pressure immediately south. Vancouver Paragliding - valley winds west to 10km/hr. Winds alot at 3000ft light and variable, becoming west to 33 km/hr post 11:00. Seattle Paragliding - valley winds sothwest to 15 km/hr with winds aloft at 3000 ft north to 19 km/hr, becoming sothwest to 13 km/hr post 16:00. Good day for paragliding Pemberton. Vancouver and Chilliwack OK for paragliding today, but watch for potential over development (OD) and risk of thunderstorms.    

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Pemberton Paragliding: lapse rate -2.3C/1000ft: P2 novice paragliders. Mackenzie upper & lower 09:00-13:00 watch for west wind aloft and whistler express arrival.  P3 paragliders 13:00-20:00. Chances 90:10.

2. Vancouver Paragliding: lapse rate -0.5C/1000ft: P2 novice paragliders.  Grouse 10:00-20:00 P4 advanced Grouse Mountain Flying Team paragliding pilots only. Watch summit for cap cloud and potential OD. Chances 80:20. 

3. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse rate -1.5C/1000ft: novice P2 paragliding. Caution: lapse rate may be elevated locally and Chilliwack still calling fro risk of thunderstorm this morning, watch for strong west wind developing aloft this afternoon. Woodside (08:00-13:00) & Bridal (11:00-13:00) for P2 novice paraglider pilots. P4 advanced pilots 13:00-20:00 at Woodside & Bridal. Chances 70:30 early, 60:40 later on. 

4. Whistler Paragliding: lapse rate: -3.0C/1000ft: advanced P4 paragliding. Whistler team paragliders only 09:00-20:00. Chances 70:30 early, 50:50 late. 

5. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse rate -1.3C/1000ft: novice P2 paragliders. Caution: lapse rate my increase dramatically with potential for thunderstorms. Blanchard 09:00-13:00 P2 novice paragliders. 13:00-20:00 P3 intermediate paragliding. Chances 60:40, 30:70 late.  

6. Seattle Paragliding: lapse rate -1.3C/1000ft: P2 novice paraglider pilots. Caution: lapse rate my increase dramatically with potential for thunderstorms. Tiger Mtn 09:00-13:00 P2 novice paragliders. 13:00-20:00 P3 intermediate paragliding. Chances 50:50.