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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 

Saturday
Oct152011

iParaglide Right Site Weather - Oct.15, 2011

DateSaturday, October 15, 2011 at 11:20

iParaglide Right Site paragliding weather, based on 09:00 forecasts. High pressure brings clear skies. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft@3000ft light and variable through 23:00 with valley winds W to 10 km/hr. Seattle paragliding: winds aloft@3000ft NE to 8 km/hr through 22:00 with valley winds W to NW to 10 km/hr. Good day for paragliding. 

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -1.3: novice. Blanchard: Novice paraglider pilots 10:00-18:00. Chances 90/10.

2. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.0: novice. P2 novice paragliding 10:00-18:00. Chances 80/20. 

3. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -2.2: novice. Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 80/20.

4. Paragliding Vancouver: lapse -2.0: novice. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 80/20.

5. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -1.6: novice. Novice paragliding 11:00-18:00. Chances 80/20.  

6. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse -2.5C/1000ft: intermediate.  Wait for outflow to subside, watch Hope outflow. P2 paragliding conditions most of day with possible P3 intermediate conditions at peak. Chances 70/30.

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Thursday
Oct132011

IParaglide Right Site Weather - Oct.13, 2011

DateThursday, October 13, 2011 at 13:18

iParaglide Right Site paragliding weather, based on 08:00 forecasts. High pressure brings clearing skies. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft@3000ft light and variable through 16:00 with valley winds E to 10 km/hr. Seattle paragliding: winds aloft@3000ft NE to 16 km/hr through 19:00 with light N valley winds. OK day for paragliding. 

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.4C/1000ft: intermediate. P2 novice paragliding 10:00-18:00. Chances 80/20. 

2. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -2.5: intermediate. Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 80/20.

3. Paragliding Vancouver: lapse -2.5: intermediate. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 80/20.

4. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -2.1: novice. Novice paragliding 11:00-18:00. Chances 70/30.  

5. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -1.9: novice. Blanchard: Novice paraglider pilots 10:00-18:00. Watch for north wind and possible leeside.  Chances 70/30.

6. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse -2.7: advanced. P3 intermediate paragliding 13:00-18:00, watch for E valley winds and possible leeside conditions and outflow. Chances 50/50.

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Saturday
Oct082011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Oct.8/11

DateSaturday, October 8, 2011 at 8:35

iParaglide synopsis of paragliding weather, based on 08:00 forecasts.  Low pressure to northwest brings cloudy skies, isolated showers and strong south winds aloft throughout, causing outlflow east surface winds in most valleys.  Brief sunny periods early followed by progressively more cloud as day progresses. Paragliding in Vancouver, Chilliwack, Pemberton, Whistler, Bellingham and Seattle areas not recommended today.

Princeton-Hedley area mainly sunny becoming cloudy late in the day, with 40% POP Sunday.  Possible P3 intermediate paragliding today: watch for strong winds caused by narrow valley.  

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Saturday
Sep172011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Sep.17/11

DateSaturday, September 17, 2011 at 9:08

Paragliding weather summary based on 08:00 forecasts.  Low pressure to west bring rain, clouds and south wind throughout.  Paragliding in Vancouver, Chilliwack, Pemberton, Whistler, Bellingham and Seattle areas not recommended today. 

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Sunday
Sep112011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Sep.11/11

DateSunday, September 11, 2011 at 5:33

iParaglide Right Site weather summary for paraglider pilots, based on 05:00 forecasts. High pressure with clear skies. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft@3000ft light and variable through 22:00 with valley winds W to 10 km/hr. Seattle paragliding: winds aloft @ 3000 ft N to 8 km/hr through 16:00. Seattle and Bellingham groundstations calling for 10 km/hr N and W winds, respectively. Good day for paragliding.  

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.0C/1000ft: novice. P2 novice paragliding 09:00-19:00. Chances 90/10. 

2. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse -1.8: novice. P2 novice paragliding 09:00-19:00, with possible P3 intermediate conditions at peak. Chances 90/10.

3. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -2.2: novice. Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 90/10.

4. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -1.8: novice. Novice paragliding 09:00-19:00 with possible intermediate paragliding at peak. Chances 90/10. 

5. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -1.1: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 09:00-19:00. Chances 90/10.

6. Paragliding Vancouver: lapse -0.8: novice. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 90/10.

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