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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
Jan222011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Jan.22/10

DateSaturday, January 22, 2011 at 9:24

Paragliding Weather Synopsis.  Partial clearing with mild high pressure. YVR winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast through at 13:00 as light and variable. Seattle winds aloft at 3000ft as light and variable after 13:00. Ground stations calling for light and variable conditions.  Low cloudbase and scattered showers most areas, except bellingham. iParaglide Right Site Ranking:  Paragliding best at Blanchard, Bellingham.      

1. Bellingham paragliding: Lapse -1.4C/1000ft. Marginal day for paragliding at Blanchard with mixed skies 12:00-15:00. Best bet for P2-P4 paraglider pilots.  

2. Pemberton paragliding : Low cloudbase and scattered flurries/showers, paragliding not recommended. 

3. Vancouver paragliding: Low cloudbase and scattered flurries/showers, paragliding not recommended. Grouse seasonally closed to paragliding for winter.  Grouse Mountain Flying Team paraglider members only.    

4. Chilliwack paragliding: Low cloud base and scattered showers throughout the day. Paragliding not recommended.

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Wednesday
Jan192011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Jan.19/10

DateWednesday, January 19, 2011 at 9:17

Paragliding Weather Synopsis.  Temporary high pressure. YVR winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast through to 22:00 as west peaking at 13 km/hr.  Seattle winds aloft at 3000ft through 22:00, north peaking at 14km/hr. Ground stations calling for light and variable conditions, except Chilliwack reporting 29 km/hr outflow.  iParaglide Right Site Ranking:  Paragliding best at Blanchard, Bellingham followed by Mackenzie, Pemberton.      

1. Bellingham paragliding: Lapse -1.6C/1000ft. Good day for paragliding Blanchard 12:00-15:00.  Bellingham calling for sunny skies all day. Best bet for P2-P4 paraglider pilots.  

2. Pemberton paragliding : Lapse -1.0.  Mostly sunny. West wind aloft favors establishment of anabatic conditions. P2-P4 paraglider pilots, snowshoe and paraglide Mackenzie 13:00-15:00. 

3. Vancouver paragliding: Lapse -1.7. Increasing cloud, not a good day for flying. Grouse seasonally closed to paragliding for winter.  Grouse Mountain Flying Team paraglider members only.    

4. Chilliwack paragliding: Lapse -1.8. Low cloud base and outflow throughout the day. Paragliding not recommended.

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Sunday
Jan162011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Jan.16/10

DateSunday, January 16, 2011 at 8:52

iParaglide Weather Briefing for paraglider pilots.  Low pressure brings strong southwest winds, low cloud base and heavy rainfall. YVR winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast through to 22:00 as southwest peaking at 41 km/hr. Seattle winds aloft at 3000 ft through 22:00, southwest 77km/hr. Ground stations calling for southwest winds gusting in excess of 30 km/hr. iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Ranking:  Vancouver, Chilliwack, Pemberton and Bellingham areas not suitable for paragliding today. 

 

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Saturday
Jan152011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Jan.15/10

DateSaturday, January 15, 2011 at 7:56

Paragliding Weather Synopsis.  Low pressure to west brings strong south winds, low cloud base and heavy rainfall. YVR winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast through to 22:00 as southwest at 26 km/hr moving to southeast at 33 km/hr. Seattle winds aloft at 3000 ft through 22:00, south at 37km/hr. Ground stations calling for south winds gusting in excess of 20 km/hr. iParaglide Right Site Ranking:  Paragliding not recommended in Vancouver, Chilliwack, Pemberton or Bellingham today.      

 

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Saturday
Jan082011

iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Jan.8/10

DateSaturday, January 8, 2011 at 10:07

Paragliding Weather Synopsis.  Low pressure dissipating. YVR winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast through to 22:00 as northwest at 26km/hr.  Seattle winds aloft at 3000ft through 22:00, southwest at 16km/hr. Ground stations calling for light to moderate inflow.  Decent lapse rate for paragliding considering the time of year. iParaglide Right Site Ranking:  Paragliding best at Blanchard followed by Mackenzie.      

1. Bellingham: Lapse -2.1C/1000ft. Good day for paragliding Blanchard 12:00-15:00.  Although Bellingham calling for showers, Blanchard usually has a blue hole when conditions are mixed. Best bet for P2-P4 paraglider pilots.  

2. Pemberton: Lapse -1.7.  West wind aloft favors establishment of anabatic conditions. P2-P4 paraglider pilots, snowshoe and paraglide Mackenzie 13:00. 

3. Vancouver: Lapse -2.3. Mixed sun/cloud with 40% POP. Grouse seasonally closed to paragliding for winter.  GMFT members only.    

4. Chilliwack: Lapse -2.3. Showers and low cloud base throughout the day. Paragliding not recommended.

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