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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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Aug042019

iParaglide Right Site Weather Aug 04

DateSunday, August 4, 2019 at 5:39

Paragliding Weather forecast for Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas, based on data available at 0500.

High pressure brings sunny skies.  

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft N to 9 km/hr becoming E to 9 km/hr.  Valley flow NW to 15 km/hr in Vancouver. Novice peak lapse rate -2.0C/1000ft.  

SEA 3000 ft winds aloft E to 13km/hr becoming NE. Valley winds light and variable NNW to 15 km/hr. Novice peak lapse rate -2.3C/1000ft. 

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Pemberton: -3.0C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate.  Great day for Pemberton with light N to E winds aloft nullifying the whistler express and making XC in any direction possible.  Mt McKenzie with P2 novice conditions 0800-1300 and 1800-2000 with P4 conditions 1300-1800. 90% chances to paraglide. 

2. Paragliding Vancouver: -2.0C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate.  Grouse for GMFT P4 advanced pilots 1000-2000. 90% paragliding chances.  

3. Paragliding Bellingham: -2.2C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate. Blanchard's proximity to ocean and low altitude makes for sea-breeze overpowering N and E wind aloft. Blanchard for P2 pilots 0900-2000 Paragliding prospects 80%.

4. Paragliding Whistler: -3.4C/1000ft XXX peak lapse rate.  Light N to E wind aloft counters anabatic flows. Watch for very strong thermals. Whistler Team P4 pilots 0900-2000. 70% chances for paragliding.

5. Paragliding Chilliwack: -3.0C/1000ft advanced peak lapse rate. Wind aloft N to 9 km/hr becoming E to 9 km/hr pacing Woodside in lee side till mid afternoon.  Chilliwack ground station measuring gusty NNE wind 24-34 km/hr at 0500.  Bridal should be on today with N to E wind aloft making ridge line soarable. Watch for P3 intermediate conditions 100-1400 and 1800-200 with P4 advanced conditions 1400-1800.  Paragliding chances at Woodside 10% early, 50% late.  Paragliding chances at Bridal 70% mid afternoon for advanced P4 pilots.

6. Paragliding Seattle: -2.3C/1000ft novice peak lapse rate. E wind aloft followed by NE wind aloft placing Tiger in mild lee side today. Watch for rough P3 intermediate to P4 advanced conditions, chances to fly 50%.

 

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