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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
Aug082015

iParaglide Right Site Weather: Aug 8

DateSaturday, August 8, 2015 at 7:17

Weather forecast for paraglider pilots in the Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas, based on data available at 07:00.

Low pressure to northwest brings instability, rain and possibility of front arrival.

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft southeast to 15 km/hr. Lapse rate -2.0C/1000ft: novice.

SEA 3000 ft winds southwest to 24 km/hr. Lapse rate -2.4C/1000ft: intermediate.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

Paragliding not recommended today in the Vancouver, Chilliwack, Whistler, Pemberton, Bellingham and Seattle areas.  

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Monday
Aug032015

iParaglide Right Site Weather: August 3

DateMonday, August 3, 2015 at 7:40

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area paragliding weather forecast, based on data available at 07:00.

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable becoming northwest to 20 km/hr. Peak lapse rate -2.0C/1000ft: novice. 

SEA 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable becoming west to 9 km/hr. Peak lapse rate -2.1C/1000ft: novice.

Good day for paragliding.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Pemberton Paragliding: - 2.8C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate. Smoke from fires to north likely to block sun and decrease actual local lapse rate. Mackenzie for P2 pilots 08:00-14:00 watch for possible whistler express south wind arrival post 14:00 and P4 conditions 14:00-20:00. Chances to paraglide 90%.

2. Seattle Paragliding: -2.1C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate. Tiger for P2 pilots 08:00-20:00. 90% paragliding chances.

3. Paragliding Bellingham: -1.6 C/1000ft: novice peak lapse rate. Blanchard for P2 pilots 09:00-20:00. Paragliding prospects 90%.

4. Vancouver Paragliding: - 2.0C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate. GMFT advanced P4 pilots at Grouse. 10:00-20:00. Paragliding opportunities 90%.

5. Whistler Paragliding: - 2.9C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate.  Actual lapse rate likely reduced by smoke blocking sun. Blackcomb for Whistler team pilots 09:00:00-20:00. 90% chances for paragliding. 

6. Paragliding Chilliwack: - 2.7C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate.  Early morning cloud and probability of ongoing altitude cloud likely to decrease actual localized lapse rate below forecast. Woodside for P2 pilots 10:00-14:00. Bridal should light up nicely with northwest wind aloft 12:00-20:00 for P3 pilots. 70% chances to paraglide.

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Sunday
Aug022015

iParaglide Right Site Weather: August 2

DateSunday, August 2, 2015 at 7:36

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area paragliding weather forecast, based on data available at 07:00.

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable becoming northwest to 15 km/hr. Peak lapse rate -1.3C/1000ft: novice. 

SEA 3000 ft winds aloft north to 13km/hr becoming light and variable. Peak lapse rate -2.1C/1000ft: novice.

Good day for paragliding.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Pemberton Paragliding: - 2.5C/1000ft intermediate peak lapse rate. Great day for mellow flying in Pemberton. Smoke from fires to north may block sun and decrease actual local lapse rate. Mackenzie for P2 pilots 08:00-14:00 and 18:00 -20:00 with P3 conditions 14:00-18:00. Chances to paraglide 90%.

2. Paragliding Chilliwack: - 2.3C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate.  Woodside for P2 pilots 07:00-20:00. Bridal should light up nicely with northwest wind aloft 12:00-20:00 for P2 pilots. 90% chances to paraglide.

3. Seattle Paragliding: -2.1C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate. Tiger for P2 pilots 08:00-20:00. 90% paragliding chances. 

4. Whistler Paragliding: - 2.7C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate.  Actual lapse rate likely reduced by smoke blocking sun. Blackcomb for Whistler team pilots 09:00:00-20:00. 90% chances for paragliding. 

5. Paragliding Bellingham: -1.8 C/1000ft: novice peak lapse rate. Blanchard for P2 pilots 09:00-20:00. Paragliding prospects 90%.

6. Vancouver Paragliding: - 1.3C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate. GMFT advanced P4 pilots at Grouse. 10:00-20:00. Paragliding opportunities 90%.

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Saturday
Aug012015

iParaglide Right Site Weather: August 1

DateSaturday, August 1, 2015 at 4:39

Paragliding weather forecast for the Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area, based on data available at 04:00.

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft northwest to 19 km/hr becoming west to 24 km/hr. Peak lapse rate -1.5C/1000ft: novice. 

SEA 3000 ft winds aloft north to 26 km/hr. Peak lapse rate -2.0C/1000ft: novice.

Good day for paragliding.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Pemberton Paragliding: - 2.6C/1000ft intermediate peak lapse rate. Smoke from fires to north may block sun and decrease actual local lapse rate. Mackenzie for P2 pilots 08:00-14:00 watch for possible whistler express south wind arrival with P4 conditions 14:00-20:00. Chances to paraglide 90%.

2. Paragliding Chilliwack: - 2.5C/1000ft intermediate peak lapse rate.  Woodside for P2 pilots 07:00-13:00. Watch for early sea-breeze arrival assisted by northwest winds aloft. P3 conditions 13:00-20:00.  90% chances to paraglide.

3. Seattle Paragliding: -2.0C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate. Great day for Tiger for P2 pilots 08:00-20:00. 90% paragliding chances. 

4. Whistler Paragliding: - 2.8C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate.  Actual lapse rate likely reduced by smoke blocking sun. Blackcomb for Whistler team pilots 09:00:00-20:00. 80% chances for paragliding. 

6. Paragliding Bellingham: -1.9 C/1000ft: novice peak lapse rate. Blanchard for P2 pilots 09:00-20:00. Paragliding prospects 90%. 

6. Vancouver Paragliding: - 1.5C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate. GMFT advanced P4 pilots at Grouse. Watch for possible lee side early due to northwest wind aloft and then crosswind. 12:00-21:00. Paragliding opportunities 70%.

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Sunday
Jul262015

iParaglide Right Site Weather: July 26

DateSunday, July 26, 2015 at 8:35

Weather forecast for paraglider pilots in the Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas, based on data available at 08:00.

Cool upper trough brings instability, intense rain and possibility of thunderstorm and hail. 

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft west to 15 easing to 11km/hr. Lapse rate -2.7C/1000ft: advanced.

SEA 3000 ft winds southwest to 17 km/hr easing to light and variable. Lapse rate -2.9C/1000ft: advanced.

Associated passing cold front brings high instability, intense rain and possibility of hail and thunderstorm throughout. 

PARAGLIDING PILOTS ADVISORY: Do not paraglide in the Vancouver, Chilliwack, Whistler, Pemberton, Bellingham and Seattle areas today. 

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