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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
Jul312011

Iparaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather July 31/11

DateSunday, July 31, 2011 at 6:24

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Summary, based on 05:00 forecasts. Low pressure brings clouds and drizzle throughout, while jet stream is near overhead, yielding potential for sudden unexpected gusty winds. PARAGLIDER PILOTS ADVISORY: DO NOT FLY. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast as W to 13 km/hr to 22:00 with lapse at -2.8C/1000ft. Seattle paragliding: winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast as SW to 21 km/hr through 16:00, with lapse at -1.9. Not a good day for paragliding in Vancouver, Bellingham, Seattle, Chilliwack, Pemberton or Whistler.

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Saturday
Jul302011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather July 30/11

DateSaturday, July 30, 2011 at 4:51

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather synopsis, based on 04:00 forecasts. High pressure with mostly sunny skies. Vancouver paragliding - 3000ft winds aloft W to 11 km/hr becoming S to 11 km/hr through 22:00. Valley winds W to 10 km/hr. Paragliding Seattle - 3000 ft winds aloft N to 9 km/hr to 16:00. Ground stations in Bellingham and Seattle calling for 15 km/hr W and NW winds, respectively.  Good day for paragliding.     

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse -2.7C/1000ft: intermediate. P2 novice paragliding 08:00-13:00 and 17:00-20:00, with intermediate paragliding 13:00-17:00. Chances 90/10.

2. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -1.6: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 09:00-20:00. Chances 90/10.

3. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.6: intermediate. Mackenzie for P2 novice paraglider pilots 09:00-12:00 and 17:00-20:00 with P3 intermediates 12:00-18:00. Chances 90/10.

4. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -2.2: novice. Tiger mountain for P2 novice pilots 08:00-13:00 and 17:00-20:00 with P3 intermediate paragliding 13:00-17:00 Chances 90/10.

5. Vancouver Paragliding: lapse -2.5: intermediate. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 90/10.

6. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -2.7: advanced. Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 90/10.

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Sunday
Jul242011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather July 24/11

DateSunday, July 24, 2011 at 5:48

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather synopsis, based on 04:00 forecasts. High pressure with mostly sunny skies. Vancouver paragliding - 3000ft winds aloft E to 10 km/hr becoming W to 12 km/hr through 22:00. Valley winds light and variable. Paragliding Seattle - 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable to 16:00. Ground stations in Bellingham and Seattle calling for light to 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, with intrmediate paragliding 13:00-17:00. Chances 90/10.

2. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -1.2: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 09:00-20:00. Chances 90/10.

3. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.0: novice. Mackenzie for P2 novice paraglider pilots 09:00-12:00 and 17:00-20:00 with P3 intermeidates 13:00-18:00. Chances 90/10.

4. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -1.9: novice. Tiger mountain for P2 novice pilots 08:00-13:00 and 17:00-20:00 with P3 intermediate paragliding 13:00-17:00 Chances 90/10.

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

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

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Saturday
Jul232011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather July 23/11

DateSaturday, July 23, 2011 at 4:49

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather synopsis, based on 04:00 forecasts. High pressure with mostly sunny skies. Vancouver paragliding - 3000ft winds aloft light and variable through 22:00.  Valley winds light and variable. Paragliding Seattle - 3000 ft winds aloft NE to 8 km/hr to 16:00. Ground stations in Bellingham and Seattle calling for light to SW and N winds, respectively.  Good day for paragliding.     

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse -3.0C/1000ft: advanced. P2 novice paraglding 08:00-12:00 and 17:00-20:00, with advanced paragliding 12:00 17:00. Chances 90/10.

2. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -1.4: novice. Novice paraglider pilots 09:00-20:00. Chances 80/20.

3. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.8: advanced. Mackenzie for P2 novice paraglider pilots 09:00-12:00 and P4 advanced paragliders 12:00-18:00. Chances 80/20.

4. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -2.6: intermediate. Tiger mountain for P2 novice pilots 09:00-12:00 and 17:00-20:00 with P3 intermediate paragliding 12:00-17:00 Chances 80/20.

5. Vancouver Paragliding: lapse -2.3: novice. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 80/20.

6. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -2.9: advanced. Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 80/20.

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Sunday
Jul172011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather July 17/11

DateSunday, July 17, 2011 at 7:30

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather synopsis, based on 06:00 forecasts. Upper level low over low level high yielding mixed skies. Vancouver paragliding - 3000ft winds aloft SE to 15 km/hr through 22:00.  Valley winds E to 10 km/hr.  Paragliding Seattle - 3000 ft winds aloft NW to 15 km/hr to 22:00. Ground stations in Bellingham and Seattle calling for light to SW and N winds, respectively.  Marginal day for paragliding.     

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -2.4C/1000ft: intermediate.  Best chance for blue hole. Novice paraglider pilots 08:00-12:00 and 17:00-20:00, with P3 intermediate paragliding 12:00-17:00. Chances 70/30.

2. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -2.6: intermediate. Tiger mountain for P3 intermediate paraglider pilots 11:00-21:00. Chances 60/40.

3. Vancouver Paragliding: lapse -2.2: novice. Clearing late afternoon. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 50/50.

4. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.6: intermediate. 60% POP. Mackenzie for P3 intermediate paraglider pilots 10:00-20:00. Chances 40/60.

5. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -2.8: advanced. 60% POP Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 30/70.

6. Chilliwack Paragliding: lapse -2.7: advanced. Watch for instability due to mixed sky with 60% POP and leeside conditions due to SE winds aloft. P4 advanced paragliding conditions 11:00-20:00, if sun breaks through. Chances 20/80.

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