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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
May092015

iParaglide Right Site Weather: May 9

DateSaturday, May 9, 2015 at 7:02

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

High pressure continues to bring mostly sunny skies, while low pressure to northwest amplifies morning outflow.

YVR winds aloft at 3000 ft light and variable.

SEA winds aloft at 3000 ft light and variable.

Good day for paragliding once morning outflow subsides.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Bellingham Paragliding: -2.1C/1000ft novice lapse rate. P2 paraglider pilots at Blanchard 08:00-19:00. Chances to fly 90%.

2. Seattle Paragliding: -2.6C/1000ft intermediate lapse rate. P2 pilots at Tiger 08:00-13:00 and 18:00-20:00 with P3 conditions midday. Prospects for paragliding 90%.

3. Vancouver Paragliding: -2.0C/1000ft novice lapse rate. P4 GMFT pilots at grouse 10:00-20:00. 90% paragliding chances. 

4. Pemberton Paragliding: -2.6C/1000ft intermediate.  P2 pilots P4 pilots 8:00-14:00 and 18:00-20:00 with P4 conditions midday. 90% chances to paraglide.

5. Chilliwack Paragliding: -2.8C/1000ft advanced lapse rate. Wait for early outflow to subside. P2 pilots 10:00-13:00 and 18:00-20:00 with P4 conditions 13:00-18:00. Strong conditions.  Paragliding prospects 70%.

6. Whistler Paragliding: -3.0C/1000ft lapse rate. Strong conditions. P4 Whistler/Blackcomb pilots 08:00-20:00. 70% chance for paragliding.

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Sunday
May032015

iParaglide Right Site Weather: May 3

DateSunday, May 3, 2015 at 4:38

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area paragliding weather forecast, based on data available at 05:00. 

High pressure arrival brings sunny skies and reduced winds in valley and aloft. 

YVR winds aloft at 3000 ft light and variable.

SEA winds aloft at 3000 ft light and variable.

Good day for paragliding

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Bellingham Paragliding: -2.2C/1000ft novice lapse rate. P2 paraglider pilots at Blanchard 08:00-19:00. Chances to fly 90%.

2. Seattle Paragliding: -2.7C/1000ft advanced lapse rate. P2 pilots at Tiger 08:00-11:30 and 18:00-20:00 wiht P4 conditions midday. Prospects for paragliding 90%.

3. Vancouver Paragliding: -2.4C/1000ft intermediate lapse rate. P4 GMFT pilots at grouse 10:00-20:00. 90% paragliding chances. 

4. Pemberton Paragliding: -2.7C/1000ft advanced lapse rate.  P2 pilots P4 pilots 8:00-12:00 and 18:00-20:00 with P4 conditions midday. 90% chances to paraglide.

5. Chilliwack Paragliding: -3.1C/1000ft advanced lapse rate. P2 pilots 08:00-12:00 and 18:00-20:00 with P4 conditions 12:00-18:00. Strong conditions.  Paragliding prospects 80%.

6. Whistler Paragliding: -3.4C/1000ft XXX lapse rate. Strong conditions. P4 Whistler/Blackcomb pilots 08:00--20:00. 60% chance for paragliding.

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Saturday
May022015

iParaglide Right Site Weather: May 2

DateSaturday, May 2, 2015 at 4:55

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area paragliding weather forecast, based on data available at 05:00. 

High pressure arrival brings gusty west inflow valley wind in early morning, easing by 10:00. Strong lapse rate with spring conditions. 

YVR winds aloft at 3000 ft northwest to 13 km/hr easing to 11km/hr.

SEA winds aloft at 3000 ft north-northeast to 22 km/hr.

Advanced day for paragliding with early west wind push, yielding intermediate to advanced conditions and a high lapse rate, later on.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Seattle Paragliding: -2.8C/1000ft advanced lapse rate. P4 pilots at Tiger Mountain for 11:00-19:00. Prospects for paragliding 90%.

2. Bellingham Paragliding: -2.7C/1000ft advanced lapse rate. Wait for west push to subside. P4 paraglider pilots at Blanchard 14:00-19:00. Chances to fly 70%.

3. Vancouver Paragliding: -2.4C/1000ft intermediate lapse rate. P4 GMFT pilots at grouse 14:00-19:00. 70% paragliding chances. 

4. Pemberton Paragliding: -2.5C/1000ft intermediate lapse rate. Watch for possible Whistler express early. P4 pilots 14:00-20:00. 70% chances to paraglide.

5. Chilliwack Paragliding: -2.9C/1000ft advanced lapse rate. P4 pilots 14:00-20:00 at Woodside.  Strong conditions.  Paragliding prospects 50%.

6. Whistler Paragliding: -3.2C/1000ft XXX lapse rate. Strong conditions. P4 Whistler/Blackcomb pilots 17:00-20:00. 50% chance for paragliding.

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Sunday
Apr262015

iParaglide Right Site Weather: Apr 26

DateSunday, April 26, 2015 at 7:28

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

Low to northwest brings high lapse rate, increasing cloud and chance of precipitation as the day progresses.

YVR winds aloft at 3000 ft southeast at 19 km/hr and increasing to 35 km/hr.

SEA winds aloft at 3000 ft southwest to 24 km/hr. 

Marginal day for paragliding, with intermediate to advanced conditions in select spots. 

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Seattle Paragliding: -2.7C/1000ft advanced lapse rate. Watch for strong southwest wind aloft. P4 pilots at Tiger Mountain for 11:00-19:00. Prospects for paragliding 80%.

2. Bellingham Paragliding: -2.4C/1000ft intermediate lapse rate. P3 paraglider pilots at Blanchard 11:00-18:00. Chances to fly 70%.

3. Vancouver Paragliding: -2.7C/1000ft advanced lapse rate. Watch for cloud at summit. Watch for southeast wind aloft shutting down launch. Sea-breeze may or may not overpower outflow aloft. 20% chances to paraglide. 

4. Pemberton Paragliding: -2.8C/1000ft advance lapse rate. Southeast wind aloft puts most sites in lee side. Paragliding not recommended in Pemberton today.  

5.Whistler Paragliding: -3.2C/1000ft XXX lapse rate.  Extream lapse rate with 30% POP.  Paragliding not recommended at Whistler/Blackcomb today. 

6. Chilliwack Paragliding: -2.8C/1000ft advanced lapse rate. Strong southeast aloft puts most sites in lee side. Paragliding not recommended in Chillwack; turbulent conditions.

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Saturday
Apr252015

iParaglide Right Site Weather: Apr 25

DateSaturday, April 25, 2015 at 6:07

Weather forecast for paraglider pilots in the Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas, based on data available at 06:00.

Low in immediate proximity brings instability, mostly cloudy skies, scattered showers, and high lapse rate.

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable. Lapse rate -2.8C/1000ft: advanced.

SEA 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable. Lapse rate -3.2C/1000ft: XXX unstable.

Clouds, showers, and high lapse rate make for unpredictable conditions. Chilliwack, Whistler, Pemberton, Bellingham and Seattle areas not recommended for paragliding today.

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