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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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iParaglide Right Site Weather: May 06

DateSunday, May 6, 2018 at 10:42

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area paragliding weather forecast based on data available at 0800. 

Low pressure with mixed skies. 

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft east to 13 km/hr, easing to light and variable. Early E outflow to 15 km/hr in Chilliwack becoming W to 10 km/hr with sea-breeze arrival. Novice peak lapse rate -1.C8/1000ft.

SEA 3000 ft winds aloft light a variable becoming SW to 26 km/hr post 1300. Valley wind light and variable becoming W to 10 km/hr post 1300. Novice peak lapse rate -2.3C/1000ft.

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Bellingham: -2.1C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate.  Mostly sunny. Blanchard Mountain for P2 pilots 1000-1800. Paragliding prospects 80%. 

2. Paragliding Seattle: -2.3C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate.  Early cloud breaking up. Wait for clouds to dissipate. Tiger for P2 pilots 1200-1900. Chances to paraglide 80%.

3. Paragliding Vancouver: - 1.8C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate.  Grouse Mountain for GMFT P4 members 1200-1900. Chances for paragliding 70%. 

4. Paragliding Pemberton: -2.6C/1000ft intermediate peak lapse rate. Wait for early cloud to break up. Then spring conditions for P4 advanced pilots at Mt. McKenzie 1300-1800. 60% paragliding prospects. 

5. Paragliding Whistler: -2.8C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate. Wait for early cloud to break up.  Then spring conditions for Whistler team P4 advanced pilots 1200-1900. 50% paragliding prospects. 

6. Paragliding Chilliwack: -2.7C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate. 30% POP. Risk of over-development and thunder showers in afternoon. Early outflow winds aloft create lee-side conditions. When sea-breeze arrives and outflow aloft subsides, watch for rough spring conditions.  Expert P4 pilots proceed or not only with due caution. Possible narrow window 1300-1800. 40% chances to paraglide.

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