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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 09

DateSunday, May 9, 2021 at 5:44

Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Squamish, Whistler & Pemberton area paragliding weather forecast, based on data available at 0500.

High pressure arrival brings progressively sunnier skies and light winds through the day. 

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable becoming NW to 13 km/hr. Valley E outflow to 10 km/hr becoming W inflow to 10 km/hr. Intermediate peak lapse rate -2.4C/1000ft.  

SEA 3000 ft winds aloft light N at 11 km/hr and increasing to 17 km/hr. Valley winds light and variable becoming NW to 10 km/hr. Advanced peak lapse rate -2.8C/1000ft. 

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Vancouver Paragliding: -2.4C/1000ft Intermediate peak lapse rate.  Grouse Mountain for GMFT P4 advanced paragliding pilots 1000-1900. Paragliding chances 90%.

2. Chilliwack Paragliding: -3.1C/1000ft Advanced peak lapse rate. Strong spring day. Woodside for P2 pilots 0800-1300 then watch increasing lapse rate and advanced P4 conditions 1300-1900.  Bridal for P4 pilots 1300-1800.  90% paragliding chances. 

3. Pemberton Paragliding : -2.5C/1000ft Intermediate peak lapse rate. Great day for Pemberton flying. Upper Mackenzie for P2 pilots 0800-1300 then watch for increasing lapse rate and intermediate conditions 1300-1900. Paragliding prospects 80%.

4. Bellingham Paragliding: -2.7C/1000ft Advanced peak lapse rate. Blanchard for P2 paraglider pilots 0900-1300 then watch for advanced P4 conditions 1300-1900. 90% paragliding prospects.

5. Seattle Paragliding: -2.8C/1000ft Advanced peak lapse rate.  Strong spring day at Tiger.  POP at 20%. Tiger for P2 pilots 0800-1200 with advanced P4 conditions 1200-1900. 70% chances to paraglide.  

6. Whistler Paragliding: -3.6C/1000ft XXX peak lapse rate.  Watch for extreme spring conditions at Whistler. If actual lapse rate is lower that forecast,  proceed or not with caution.  30% chances ot paraglide. 

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