At iParaglide Top Gun Flight School, we take pride in having taught over 2,000 paragliding students in our 27 years of operation.
We are 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 creating 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.
Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 10:36 Paragliding weather. Low pressure brings rain throughout. Vancouver Paragliding: 3000ft winds aloft southeast to 34 km/hr through 22:00. Paragliding Seattle: 3000ft winds southwest to 45 km/hr. Paragliding not recommended in Vancouver, Chilliwack, Pemberton, Whistler, Bellingham or Seattle today.
Enjoy Christmas eve with the family!
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 8:38 iParaglide Right Site paragliding weather, based on 08:00 forecasts. Low cloudbase, drizzle and 40-60% POP in most areas. Paragliding Vancouver: winds aloft@3000ft north to 9 km/hr becoming light and variable through 13:00 with valley winds west to 10 km/hr. Seattle paragliding: winds aloft@3000ft north to 21 km/hr through 22:00 with valley winds light and variable. Vancouver, Chilliwack, Pemberton, Whistler, and Seattle not recommended for paragliding today.
Bellingham Paragliding: lapse rate: -1.8C/100ft: novice. Blanchard has a chance of developing a blue hole with P2 novice paraglider conditions 11:00-15:00. Chances 50/50.
Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 10:23 iParaglide Right Site paragliding weather, based on 09:00 forecasts. Low pressure dominates, with low cloudbase 40-60% POP in most areas. Paragliding Vancouver: winds aloft@3000ft south to 28 km/hr with valley winds east to 10 km/hr. Seattle paragliding: winds aloft@3000ft southwest to 40 km/hr with valley winds south to 16 km/hr. Vancouver, Chilliwack, Pemberton, Whistler, Bellingham and Seattle not recommended for paragliding today.
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 9:02 iParaglide Right Site paragliding weather, based on 08:00 forecasts. Mild high pressure starting to establish bringing clearing in select coastal areas, while low cloudbase and 40% POP persists inland. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft@3000ft north east to 19 km/hr with valley winds east to 10 km/hr. Seattle paragliding: winds aloft@3000ft north to 31 km/hr with valley winds north to 24 km/hr. Low cloud base, 40% POP, catabatic conditions, and leeside at most sites. Paragliding not recommended today in Vancouver, Chilliwack, Pemberton, Whistler, Bellingham or Seattle.
Great day for a rollerblade around the seawall.
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 8:57 iParaglide Right Site paragliding weather, based on 08:00 forecasts. Low pressure brings low cloudbase and 40-60% POP throughout. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft@3000ft light and variable through 23:00 with valley winds east to 10 km/hr. Seattle paragliding: winds aloft@3000ft southwest to 23 km/hr through 13:00 with valley winds south to 14 km/hr. Low cloud base, high chance of precipitation/snow, and catabatic conditions most sites. Paragliding not recommended today in Vancouver, Chilliwack, Pemberton, Whistler, Bellingham or Seattle.