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 

Friday
Aug132010

iparaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Aug.13/10 

Synopsis: high pressure continues.  North winds yeilding lee-side at most sites. Advanced paragliders only in Chilliwack.   

Vancouver: Lapse 2.5. Grouse in leeside. Paragliding not recommended.  

Chilliwack: Lapse 2.8 Advanced P4 conditions.  Bridal: north wind should light up entire Cheam- Bridal-Elk ridge in dynamic lift combined with a strong lapse rate - could be an epic day,  but for P4 advanced paragliding pilots only.    

Pemberton: Lapse 3.0. Advanced Lapse Rate. Leeside conditions, paragliding not recommended. 

Bellingham: Lapse 1.9. Leeside conditions. Paragliding not recommended. 

Thursday
Aug122010

iparaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Aug.12/10 

Synopsis: high pressure continues.  Paragliding in Vancouver, Chilliwack, Pemberton and Bellingham areas.  

Vancouver: Lapse 1.8. Grouse for advanced P4 GMFT team paragliders.  

Chilliwack: Lapse 2.2. P2 Paraglider pilots Woodside. P2 & P3 Pilots Bridal.     

Pemberton: Lapse 3.0. Advanced Lapse Rate. Upper & lower Mackenzie for P2 paragliding pilots before 11:00. P4 paragliders pilots post 11:00.

Bellingham: Lapse 1.4. Blanchard all day for P2 paragliding pilots.  Black - P2 pilots pre-13:00, P3 paraglider pilots post 13:00. 

Wednesday
Aug112010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Aug.11/10 

Synopsis: high pressure re-establishing.  Paragliding in Vancouver, Chilliwack and Bellingham area early with possibility of blow out by west winds post 13:00.  

Vancouver: Lapse 1.7. Watch for northwest wind switching to strong west wind post 13:00. Grouse for advanced P4 GMFT team paragliders.  

Chilliwack: Lapse 2.0. P2 Paragliders woodside pre-13:00 and post 17:30.  May get blown out to west wind by 13:00.    

Pemberton: Lapse 2.2. Upper & lower Mackenzie for P2-P4 paragliding pilots before 11:00.  Likely blown out by whistler express after that.

Bellingham: Lapse 1.8. Blanchard all day for P2 paragliding pilots.  Black - P2 pilots pre-12:00, watch for strong west wind after that.  

Tuesday
Aug102010

iparaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Aug.10/10 

Synopsis: multiple lows starting to dissipate.  Pemberton and Vancouver may be possible for P4 pilots late. Paragliding elsewhere not recommended.

Vancouver: mix/sun cloud  clearing in afternoon. Grouse for advanced P4 GMFT team paragldiers.  

Chilliwack: 40% POP. Rain. Paragliding not recommended.   

Pemberton: mix/sun cloud  clearing in afternoon. Upper  & lower Mackenzie for advanced P4 paragliding pilots.   

Bellingham: Drizzle. Paragliding pilots - read a book instead.     

Monday
Aug092010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Aug.9/10 

Synopsis: multiple lows continue to bring rain.  Paragliding not recommended.

Vancouver: 40% POP. Rain. Paragliding not recommended.  

Chilliwack: 60% POP. Rain. Paragliding not recommended.   

Pemberton: 40% POP. Rain. Paragliders - stay home. 

Bellingham: Drizzle. Paragliding pilots - read a book instead.