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 

Thursday
Jul222010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Jul.22/10 

Low Pressure brings clouds, rain and strong west winds in morning. Not a good day to paraglide. 

Vancouver-Seattle Winds at Sea Level @10:00-18:00@270@20km/hr: P4 paraglider pilots.

YVR Winds@3000 ft@ 02:00-11:00@310@29km/hr: No fly.  

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Vancouver: cloudy with sunny breaks, windy. Peaking to 22C: Lapse rate 2.2C/1000ft.

Grouse in clouds. No paragliding today.    

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Chilliwack: cloudy with 60% showers, peaking at 20C. 

Raining at 07:30 in Chilliwack/Agassiz area. Paragliding not recommended.

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Pemberton: cloudy with 30% POP. Clearing in afternoon. Peaking to 24C. 

To windy and unstable to paraglide today.      

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Seattle 13:00-22:00 Winds @3000 ft@light and variable: P2 novice paragliding conditions.    

Bellingham: Drizzle. Peaking to 18C.

Paragliding not recommended. 

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Wednesday
Jul212010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Jul.21/10 

High pressure yields sunny skies & P2 paragliding conditions early.  West winds aloft after 14:00 forecast to blow out most sites. 

Vancouver-Seattle Winds at Sea Level @10:00-18:00@270@<10km/hr: P2 paraglider pilots.

YVR Winds@3000 ft@ 10:00-14:00@310@14km/hr: P2 paraglider pilots. 14:00-23:00@290@37km/hr: No fly.  

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Vancouver: Mostly sunny. Peaking to 22C: Lapse rate 1.4C/1000ft: P2 paragliding conditions early.

Grouse before 14:00, then blown out by west wind after that.    

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Chilliwack: Sunny with clouds.  Peaking to 26C:  Lapse rate 2.0C/1000 ft: P2 Paragliding conditions early.

Expect P2 conditions at Woodside early, then blown out due to west wind 13:00 onward. 

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Pemberton: Sunny with clouds. Peaking to 25C. Lapse rate 1.8C/1000ft: P2 novice paragliding conditions early.    

Mackenzie, P2 pilots before 12:00, Whistler Express south wind likely to blow out launch 12:00 onward.     

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Seattle 13:00-22:00 Winds @3000 ft@340@10km/hr: P2 novice paragliding conditions.    

Bellingham: Foggy. Peaking to 23C. Lapse rate: 1.4C/1000ft: P2 conditions.

Blanchard, Whidbey, Tiger, Black. P2 pilots. Watch for North wind.    

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Tuesday
Jul202010

IParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Jul.20/10 

High pressure yields primarily sunny skies, cloud capping thermal production, P2 paragliding conditions. 

Vancouver-Seattle Winds at Sea Level @10:00-18:00@light and variable: P2 paraglider pilots.

YVR Winds@3000 ft@ 11:00-22:00@310@13km/hr: P2 paraglider pilots.

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Vancouver: Sunny with clouds. Peaking to 22C: Lapse rate 1.5C/1000ft: P2 paragliding conditions.

Grouse.   

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Chilliwack: Sunny with clouds.  Peaking to 25C:  Lapse rate 2.0C/1000 ft: P2 Paragliding conditions.

Expect P2 conditions at Woodside & Bridal. 

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Pemberton: Sunny with clouds. Peaking to 25C. Lapse rate 2.0C/1000ft: P2 novice paragliding conditions.    

Mackenzie, P2 pilots.     

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Seattle 07:00-16:00 Winds @3000 ft@010@21km/hr: P3 intermediate paragliding conditions.    

Bellingham: Sunny with clouds. Peaking to 21C. Lapse rate: 1.6C/1000ft: P2 conditions.

Blanchard, P2 pilots. Watch for North wind.    

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Sunday
Jul182010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Jul.18/10 

High pressure yields primarily sunny skies, P2 paragliding conditions early with P3-P4 conditions 12:00-19:00. Watch for increasing West wind.

Vancouver-Seattle Winds at Sea Level @10:00-18:00@270@<10km/hr: P2 paraglider pilots.

YVR Winds@3000 ft@10:00-14:00@310@15km/hr: P2 paraglider pilots. 3000ft@14:00-23:00@290@24km/hr: P4 paraglider pilots.

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Vancouver: Sunny with clouds. Peaking to 22C: Lapse rate 2.3C/1000ft: P2 paragliding conditions.

Grouse, watch for west wind after 13:00.   

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Chilliwack: Sunny with clouds.  Peaking to 24C:  Lapse rate 2.7C/1000 ft: P4 Advanced Paragliding conditions.

Expect P2 conditions at Woodside morning, with P4 conditions 12:00-19:00 at Woodside & Bridal. 

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Pemberton: Sunny with clouds. Peaking to 24C. Lapse rate 2.7C/1000ft: P4 Advanced paragliding conditions.    

Mackenzie, early, P2 pilots.  Watch for whistler express (south wind) post 12:00: P4 Pilots.   

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Seattle 13:00-22:00 Winds @3000 ft@light & variable   

Bellingham: Drizzle. Peaking to 20C. Lapse rate: 1.9C/1000ft: P2 conditions.

Blanchard may have a blue hole with P2 Paragliding conditions.  

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Saturday
Jul172010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Jul.17/10 

High pressure yields sunny skies, low winds and P2 paragliding conditions with P3 conditions 13:00-17:00.

Vancouver-Seattle Winds at Sea Level @10:00-18:00@270@<5km/hr: P2 paraglider pilots.

YVR Winds@3000 ft@02:00-11:00@350@12km/hr: P2 paraglider pilots. 3000ft@11:00-22:00@290@29km/hr: P4 paraglider pilots.

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Vancouver: Sunny Peaking to 22C: Lapse rate 2.2C/1000ft: P2 paragliding conditions.

Grouse, watch for west wind after 13:00.   

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Chilliwack: Sunny peaking to 25C:  Lapse rate 2.7C/1000 ft: P3 Intermediate Paragliding conditions.

Expect P2 conditions at Woodside morning and evening, with P3 conditions 1PM-5PM at Woodside & Bridal. 

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Pemberton: Sunny peaking to 25C. Lapse rate 2.7C/1000ft: P3 Intermediate paragliding conditions.    

Mackenzie, early, P2 pilots.  Watch for whistler express (south wind) 12:00: P3 Pilots.   

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Seattle 13:00-22:00 Winds @3000 ft@360@15km/hr   

Bellingham: Mostly sunny peaking to 21C. Lapse rate: 1.8C/1000ft: P2 conditions.

P2 Paragliding conditions: Blanchard.  

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