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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
Feb192011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Feb.19/11

DateSaturday, February 19, 2011 at 6:31

iParaglide Weather summary for Paragliding.  High pressure to east causing north to east winds and bringing sunny skies. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast through to 22:00 as northeast to 20 km/hr.  Seattle paragliding: winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast through 22:00 as north to 26km/hr.  Ground stations reporting windy and gusty conditions to 46 km/hr from the north or east. iParaglide Right Site Ranking:  the majority of sites in Chillwack, Pemberton and Bellingham area in lee-side today and not recommended for paragliding.       

1. Chilliwack paragliding: sunny, lapse -2.0 C/1000ft.  Lee-side and or gusty winds to 50 km/hr at Chilliwack sites: do not paraglide.  

2. Bellingham paragliding: Blanchard in lee-side, paragliding not recommended. 

3. Pemberton paragliding: lee-side conditions and outflow dominate, paragliding not recommended.  

4. Vancouver paragliding: Lee-side conditions and Grouse seasonally closed to paragliding for winter.  Grouse Mountain Flying Team paragliding members only.

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Sunday
Feb132011

iparaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Feb.13/11

DateSunday, February 13, 2011 at 10:10

Paragliding Weather Briefing synopsis.  Low pressure dominates with showers and windy conditions in the valleys. Winds aloft at 13:00 at 3000ft in Vancouver and Seattle south peaking to 26 km/hr. iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Ranking:

Paragliding Bellingham not recommended today.

Paragliding Pemberton not recommended today.

Paragliding Vancouver not recommended today.

Paragliding Chilliwack not recommended today.

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Saturday
Feb122011

iparaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Feb.12/11

DateSaturday, February 12, 2011 at 8:25

Paragliding Weather Briefing synopsis.  Low pressure to northeast dominates with heavy rain and strong gusty south winds in the valleys to 60 km/hr.  Winds aloft at 13:00 at 3000ft in Vancouver and Seattle southwest peaking to 62 km/hr and 102 km/hr, respectively. PARAGLIDING PILOTS ADVISORY : DO NOT FLY TODAY. iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Ranking:

Paragliding Bellingham not recommended today.

Paragliding Pemberton not recommended today.

Paragliding Vancouver not recommended today.

Paragliding Chilliwack not recommended today.

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Thursday
Feb102011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Feb.10/11

DateThursday, February 10, 2011 at 12:29

Paragliding Weather Synopsis.  Partial clearing with mild high pressure. YVR winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast through to 22:00 as light and variable. Seattle winds aloft at 3000ft as light and variable through 19:00. Ground stations calling for light and variable conditions.  iParaglide Right Site Ranking:  Paragliding best at Blanchard, Bellingham followed by Woodside, Chilliwack.      

1. Bellingham paragliding: lapse -0.7C/1000ft. Great day for paragliding at Blanchard for P2 paraglider pilots.  

2. Chilliwack paragliding: clearing by mid-day, lapse -1.2.  Woodside at 14:00 for P2 paragliding conditions. 

3. Pemberton paragliding: clearing by mid-day, lapse -0.3. Hike/snowshoe and fly Mackenzie lower 14:00 for P2 paragliding conditions.  

4. Vancouver paragliding: clearing by 10:00, lapse -1.2. Grouse seasonally closed to paragliding for winter.  Grouse Mountain Flying Team paragliding members only.

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Sunday
Feb062011

iparaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Feb.6/11

DateSunday, February 6, 2011 at 8:21

Paragliding Weather Briefing synopsis.  Low pressure to west dominates with low cloudbase and scattered showers/flurries throughout.  Winds aloft at 13:00 at 3000ft in Vancouver and Seattle southwest peaking to 45km/hr and 66km/hr, respectively.  iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Ranking:

Paragliding Bellingham not recommended today.

Paragliding Pemberton not recommended today.

Paragliding Vancouver not recommended today.

Paragliding Chilliwack not recommended today.

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