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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
Sep102011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Sep. 10/11

DateSaturday, September 10, 2011 at 9:29

iParaglide Right Site weather summary for paraglider pilots, based on 06:00 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 18 km/hr through 16:00. Seattle and Bellingham groundstations calling for 15 km/hr N and W winds, respectively. Good day for paragliding.  

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.2C/1000ft: novice. P2 novice paragliding 09:00-19:00. Chances 90/10. 

2. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse -2.0: novice. P2 novice paragliding 09:00-13:00 and 17:00-19:00, with P3 intermediate conditions at peak. Chances 90/10.

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

4. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -2.4: intermediate. Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 90/10.

5. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -1.3: 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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Sunday
Aug282011

iparaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Aug. 28/11

DateSunday, August 28, 2011 at 5:12

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather synopsis, based on 04:00 forecasts. High pressure with clear skies. Paragliding Vancouver - 3000ft winds aloft light and variable becoming W to 15km/hr through 22:00. Fraser Valley winds W to 10 km/hr. Paragliding Seattle - 3000 ft winds aloft N to 19 km/hr becoming light and variable through 16:00. Ground stations in Bellingham and Seattle calling for 15 km/hr NW and N winds, respectively. Good day for paragliding.  

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -1.7C/1000ft: novice. P2 novice paragliding 08:00-20:00. Chances 90/10. 

2. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse -2.0: novice. P2 novice paragliding 08:00-20:00, with possible P3 intermediate conditions at peak. Chances 90/10. 

3. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -1.1: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 08:00-20:00 with possible intermediate paragliding at peak. Chances 90/10. 

4. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -1.8: novice. Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 90/10.

5. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -0.5: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 09:00-20:00. Chances 90/10.

6. Paragliding Vancouver: lapse -1.3: novice. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 90/10.

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Saturday
Aug272011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Aug. 27/11

DateSaturday, August 27, 2011 at 4:20

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather synopsis, based on 04:00 forecasts. High pressure with clear skies. Paragliding Vancouver - 3000ft winds aloft W to 13km/hr decreasing to light and variable through 22:00. Fraser Valley winds SW to 15 km/hr. Paragliding Seattle - 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable to 16:00. Ground stations in Bellingham and Seattle calling for 10 km/hr W and N winds, respectively. Good day for paragliding.  

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.3: novice. P2 novice paragliding 08:00-13:00 and 17:00-20:00, with P3 interemediate paragliding 13:00-17:00. Chances 90/10. 

2. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse -2.3C/1000ft: novice. P2 novice paragliding 08:00-13:00 and 17:00-20:00. Intermediate paragliding conditions 13:00-17:00. Chances 90/10. 

3. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -2.1: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 08:00-13:00 and 17:00-20:00 with intermediate paragliding 13:00-17:00.  Paragliding chances 90/10. 

4. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -2.4: intermediate. Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 90/10.

5. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -1.7: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 09:00-20:00. Chances 90/10.

6. Paragliding Vancouver: lapse -1.7: novice. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 90/10.

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Sunday
Aug212011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Aug. 21/11

DateSunday, August 21, 2011 at 5:23

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather synopsis, based on 04:00 forecasts. High pressure with mostly clear skies; possible change late in the day. Paragliding Vancouver - 3000ft winds aloft SW to 11km/hr increasing to 19 km/hr through 22:00. Fraser Valley winds SW to 20 km/hr. Paragliding Seattle - 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable to 16:00, then south to 18 km/hr.  Ground stations in Bellingham and Seattle calling for 10 km/hr SW and W winds, respectively.  Good day for paragliding early; south wind and possible early front arrival late.   

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse -2.0C/1000ft: novice. P2 novice paragliding 08:00-13:00. Intermediate paragliding conditions 13:00-17:00. Watch for increasing south wind late in the day. Chances 80/20 early 50/50 late. 

2. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -1.4: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 09:00-16:00. Watch for increasing south wind. Chances 80/20.

3. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -1.7: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 09:00-13:00 with intermediate paragliding 13:00-17:00.  Watch for increasing south wind. Paragliding chances 70/30. 

4. Paragliding Vancouver: lapse -1.5: novice. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 80/20 early, 50/50 late.

5. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.0: novice. P2 novice paragliding 08:00-11:00 then watch for Whistle Express and intermediate paragliding 13:00-17:00. Chances 70/30 early, 30/70 late.

4. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -2.2: novice. Watch for south wind. Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 60/40.

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Saturday
Aug202011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Aug. 20/11

DateSaturday, August 20, 2011 at 4:25

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather synopsis, based on 04:00 forecasts. High pressure with clear skies and reduced winds. Paragliding Vancouver - 3000ft winds aloft light and variable through 22:00; Fraser Valley winds light and variable. Paragliding Seattle - 3000 ft winds aloft E to 13 km/hr to 16:00. Ground stations in Bellingham and Seattle calling for 5 km/hr W and N winds, respectively.  Good day for paragliding.   

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse -2.3C/1000ft: novice. P2 novice paragliding 08:00-13:00 and 17:00-20:00. Intermediate paragliding conditions 13:00-17:00. Chances 90/10.

2. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.4: intermediate. Great Pemberton paragliding day with reduced winds. P2 novice paragliding 08:00-13:00 and 17:00-20:00 with intermediate paragliding 13:00-17:00. Chances 90/10.

3. Paragliding Vancouver: lapse -1.5: novice. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 90/10.

4. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -2.5: intermediate. Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 90/10. 

5. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -1.0: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 09:00-20:00. Watch for east wind. Chances 80/20.

6. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -2.0: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 09:00-13:00 and 17:00-20:00 with intermediate paragliding 13:00-17:00.  Watch for east wind. Paragliding chances 70/30. 

 

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