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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 

Friday
Jul162010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Jul.16/10 

DateFriday, July 16, 2010 at 10:30

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@<15km/hr: P2 paraglider pilots.

YVR Winds@3000 ft@10:00-14:00@320@10km/hr: P2 paraglider pilots. 3000ft@14:00-23:00@290@19km/hr: P3 paraglider pilots.

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Vancouver: Sunny Peaking to 21C: Lapse rate 2.0C/1000ft: P2 paragliding conditions.

Grouse.  

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Chilliwack: Sunny peaking to 24C:  Lapse rate 2.5C/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 24C. Lapse rate 2.5C/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@250@10km/hr   

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

P2 Paragliding conditions: Blanchard, Black, Tiger.  

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Thursday
Jul152010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Jul.15/10 

DateThursday, July 15, 2010 at 10:06

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@<15km/hr: P2 paraglider pilots.

YVR Winds@3000 ft@10:00-14:00@290@22km/hr: P3 paraglider pilots. 3000ft@14:00-23:00@270@20km/hr: P2 paraglider pilots.

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Vancouver: Sunny Peaking to 23C: Lapse rate 2.3C/1000ft: P2 paragliding conditions.

Grouse.  

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Chilliwack: Sunny peaking to 26C:  Lapse rate 2.8C/1000 ft: P3 Intermediate Paragliding conditions.

Lapse rate seems forecast higher than actual. Expect P2 conditions at Woodside morning and evening, with P3 conditions 1PM-5PM at Woodside & Bridal. 

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Pemberton: Sunny peaking to 24C. Lapse rate 2.5C/1000ft: P3 Intermediate paragliding conditions.    

Mackenzie, early, P2 pilots.  Watch for whistler express (south wind) 13:00: P3 Pilots.   

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Seattle 13:00-22:00 Winds @3000 ft@light and variable@12C   

Bellingham: Mostly sunny peaking to 21C. Lapse rate: 1.4C/1000ft: P2 conditions.

P2 Paragliding conditions: Blanchard, Black, Tiger.  

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Tuesday
Jul132010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Jul.12/10 

DateTuesday, July 13, 2010 at 9:56

High pressure to west, with low pressure to east, conditions variable and unstable.

Vancouver-Seattle Winds at Sea Level @10:00-00:00@300@<20km/hr: P3 Intermediate.

YVR Winds@3000 ft@10:00-14:00@light & variable; @14:00-23:00@light & variable@4C: P4 Advanced.

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Vancouver: Sunny Peaking to 21C: Lapse rate 2.8C/1000ft: P4 Advanced Paragliders.

Grouse in clouds most of the day.

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Chilliwack: 40% POP.  Lapse rate 2.5C/1000 ft: P3 Intermediate Pargliders.

Bridal in clouds & showers most of day.  Woodside out of cloud but unsettled conditions.  

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Pemberton: Sun & cloud, peaking to 21C. Lapse rate 2.8C/1000ft: P4 Advanced.    

Low cloud base this morning.  If it burns off, P4 Paragliding Pilots: Mackenzie.   

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Seattle 13:00-22:00 Winds @3000 ft@320@10km/hr; 6000ft@5C   

Bellingham: Mostly sunny peaking to 18C. Lapse rate: 2.2C/1000ft: P2 Novice.

P2 Paragliding Pilots: Blanchard, Black, Tiger.  

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Monday
Jul122010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Jul.11/10: NO FLY WARNING

DateMonday, July 12, 2010 at 11:34

High pressure to west, with low pressure to east, meshing and amplifying winds in between.  Extream winds and gusts anticipated.  DO NOT PARAGLIDE.

Vancouver-Seattle Winds at Sea Level -  10:00-00:00, 315@30+- 20km/hr: NO FLY.

YVR Winds at 3000 ft - 10:00-14:00, 280@54km/hr: NO FLY.  14:00-23:00, 290@56km/hr. NO FLY.

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Vancouver: Sunny Peaking to 21C: W 48 km/hr gusting to 59 km/hr.

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Chilliwack: 70% POP.  Watch for extreme changes in wind. 

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Pemberton: 30% POP, peaking to 21C.  Watch for extreme changes in wind.   

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Seattle Winds at 3000 ft: 13:00-22:00, 250@15km/hr.  Forecast suspect.  INFER WEST TO NORTH HIGH WINDS. 

Bellingham: Drizzle peaking to 18C.

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Sunday
Jul112010

iParaglide Right Site: Jul.11/10

DateSunday, July 11, 2010 at 4:34

High pressure ridge re-established.

Vancouver-Seattle Winds at Sea Level -  10:00-18:00, 240@<15km/hr: P2 Novice.

YVR Winds at 3000 ft - 02:00-11:00, 320@10km/hr@15C: P2 Novice.  11:00-22:00, light & variable : P2 Novice.

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Vancouver: Sunny Peaking to 24C: Lapse Rate: 1.8C/1000ft: P2 Novice. 

Grouse.

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Chilliwack: Sunny peaking to 27C: Lapse Rate: 2.3C/1000ft: P2 Novice.

Woodside P2 pilots.  Bridal P2 pilots. 

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Pemberton: Sunny peaking to 25C: Lapse Rate: 2C/1000ft: P2 Novice. 

Mackenzie P2 pilots.  

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Seattle Winds at 3000 ft: 07:00-16:00, light and variable: P2 Novice. 

Bellingham: Sunny peaking to 21C: Lapse rate 1.1C/1000ft: P2Novice. 

Blanchard, Tiger, Whidbey P2 pilots.    

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