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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
Jun192011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather June 19/11

DateSunday, June 19, 2011 at 6:33

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Summary, based on 06:00 forecasts. Low pressure brings clouds and rain throughout. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast as light and variable  through 22:00 with lapse at -2.5C/1000ft. Seattle paragliding: winds aloft at 3000 ft SW to 18 km/hr through 16:00, with lapse at -2.2. Not a good day for paragliding in Vancouver, Bellingham, Seattle, or Chilliwack.

1. Pemberton paragliding: lapse -2.4/1000ft: intermediate. Pemberton may break up free of cloud with mixed conditions today.  Watch for overdevelopment potential, P3 intermediate paragliding pilots, Mackenzie.  Chances 60/40.

2. Whistler paragliding: lapse -2.6: intermediate.  Whistler may break up free of cloud with mixed conditions today.  Watch for overdevelopment potential, P4 advanced Whistler paragliding team only.  Chances 60/40.

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Saturday
Jun182011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather June 18/11

DateSaturday, June 18, 2011 at 6:16

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Summary, based on 06:00 forecasts. Low pressure brings clouds and rain throughout. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast as light and variable  through 22:00 with lapse at -2.2C/1000ft. Seattle paragliding: winds aloft at 3000 ft SW at 14 km/hr through 16:00, with lapse at -1.8. Not a good day for paragliding in Vancouver, Bellingham, Seattle, Chilliwack, Whistler or Pemberton.

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Thursday
Jun162011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather June 16/11

DateThursday, June 16, 2011 at 7:03

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather synopsis based on 07:00 forecasts. Transition brings mixed skies. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft at 3000ft forecast as NW to 13 km/hr to 11:00 becoming light and variable through 22:00. Fraser valley winds forecast as SW to 10 km/hr.  Seattle paragliding: winds aloft at 3000ft forecast as W to 10 km/hr to 16:00. Ground stations in Bellingham and Seattle calling for SW winds to 16 km/hr.  OK day for paragliding, in select spots.    

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -2.8C/1000ft: advanced. P2 novice paragliding conditions at Blanchard 08:00-12:00 with advanced P4 conditions 12:00- 17:00 and then P2 until 20:00. Blanchard gate is open. Chances 80/20.

2. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -3.0: advanced. Tiger mountain for P2 Novice paragliding 08:00-12:00 and 18:00-21:00 with advanced P4 paragliding 12:00-18:00. Chances 70/30.

3. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.8: advanced.  P2 Novice pilots can paraglide at Mackenzie until 12:00 then, P4 advanced pilots. Mixed skies.  Chances 60/40.

4. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -3.0: advanced.  Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 60/40.

5. Paragliding Vancouver: Lapse -2.5: intermediate. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 60/40.

6. Paraglidng Chilliwack: lapse -2.5: intermediate. Mixed skies with 30% POP. Watch for potential overdevelopment. P2 novice paragliders 08:00-11:30 with P3 intermediate paragliding post 12:00.  Chances 50/50. 

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Sunday
Jun122011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather June 12/11

DateSunday, June 12, 2011 at 5:42

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather synopsis based on 05:00 forecasts. Transition brings mixed skies. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft at 3000ft forecast as light and variable to 11:00 becoming SE to 9 km/hr through 22:00. Fraser valley winds forecast as SW to 10 km/hr.  Seattle paragliding: winds aloft at 3000ft forecast as light and variable to 16:00. Ground stations in Bellingham calling for SW winds to 8 km/hr, Seattle W to 8 km/hr. OK day for paragliding.    

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -2.6C/1000ft: intermediate. P2 novice paragliding conditions at Blanchard 08:00-13:00 with possible P3 conditions 13:00- 16:00 and then P2 until 20:00. Blanchard gate is open. Chances 80/20.

2. Paragliding Chilliwack: lapse -2.8: advanced.  Woodside and Bridal for P2 novice paragliders 08:00-12:00 and 18:00-21:00, with P4 advanced paragliding conditions 12:00-18:00. Chances 80/20.

3. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -2.6: intermediate. Tiger mountain for P2 Novice paragliding 08:00-12:00 and 18:00-21:00 with intermediate P3 paragliding 12:00-18:00. Chances 80/20.

4. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.4: intermediate.  P2 Novice pilots can paraglide at Mackenzie until 12:00 then, P3 intermediate pilots. Chances 70/30. 

5. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -2.6: intermediate.  Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only. Chances 70/30.

6. Paragliding Vancouver: Lapse -2.8: advanced. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Chances 06/40.

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Saturday
Jun112011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather June 11/11

DateSaturday, June 11, 2011 at 4:34

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather synopsis based on 04:00 forecasts. Transition brings cloudy skies. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft at 3000ft forecast as light and variable to 22:00. Fraser valley winds forecast as west to 10 km/hr.  Seattle paragliding: winds aloft at 3000ft forecast as light and variable to 16:00 Ground stations in Bellingham calling for SW winds to 8 km/hr, Seattle for light and variable. Marginal day for paragliding in select spots.    

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -2.3C/1000ft. P2 novice paragliding conditions at Blanchard 08:00-13:00 with possible P3 conditions 13:00- 16:00 and then P2 until 20:00. Blanchard gate is open. Chances 80/20.

2. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -2.8: advanced. Tiger mountain for P2 Novice paragliding 08:00-12:00 and 17:00-21:00 with advanced P4 paragliding 12:00-17:00. Chances 80/20.

3. Paragliding Pemberton: lapse -2.8: advanced.  P2 Novice pilots can paraglide at Mackenzie until 12:00 then, P4 advanced paraglider pilots only. Clearing to sun this afternoon. Chances 70/30. 

4. Paragliding Whistler: lapse -3.0: advanced.  Whistler team advanced P4 paraglider pilots only.  Clearing to sun this afternoon. Chances 70/30.

5. Paragliding Chilliwack: lapse -3.0: advanced.  Woodside and Bridal for P2 novice paragliders 08:00-12:00, with P4 advanced paragliding conditions 12:00-21:00.  With 40% POP and low cloud base, watch webcams for mountains to clear cloud before heading out. Chances 50/50. 

6. Paragliding Vancouver: Lapse -3.0: advanced. Grouse Mountain Flying Team only, advanced P4 paraglider pilots. Watch for summit to clear cloud and potential OD. Chances 40/60.

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