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 

California Big Escape 9-day Paragliding Tour Oct 5 to 13, 2023 $1,797

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Join us for our 9-Day Big Escape Paragliding Adventure Tour in sunny California. The tour will provide pilots with the opportunity to visit the finest paragliding sites while on a holiday escape to spectacular natural landscapes and upbeat cities including Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego. See a california tour photo gallery here. 

Our paragliding tour takes us through the southwestern coast of California: famous for its' beautiful Pacific beaches, sunny golden hillsides, and warm friendly people. California sun produces ideal conditions for paragliding and wine making!

 

 

Pilots brief on California: Population - 32 Million; Largest City - Los Angeles; Capital - Sacramento; Bird - California Valley Quail; Animal - California Grizzly Bear; Flower - Golden Poppy; Tree - California Redwood.

Santa Barbara impresses with its lush vegetation and city built of streets filled with old adobes and quiet courtyards. Fine restaurants and nightlife abound on beautiful State Street, while the Santa Barbara Pier welcomes sunset walks.  

 

 

Santa Barbara paragliding sites: Wilcox, Bates, Point Sal (coast); Alternator, Eliminator (mountain).

 

 

Los Angeles is a high-energy west-coast city living on the cusp of a trend, always re-inventing itself. Take a stroll along Venice Beach of "Bay Watch" fame.

 

 

Visit Hollywood, center of North Americas' film empire.

 

 

If theme parks, games and exhibition rides are your fancy, visit Disneyland, Magic Mountain or Universal Studios. This alluring place is where trends are born: convertibles, short skirts, health food, in-line skates, and even the Internet. 

 

 

Los Angeles Paragliding sites: Soboba, Lake Elsinore, Kagel, Crestline, Marshall (mountain).

 

 

San Diego's parks  include the world-famous San Diego Zoo and Sea World. Tanned bodies on golden beaches, combined with its' proximity to Tijuana, create an almost irresistible combination.

 

 

San Diego Paragliding sites: Torrey Pines, Ottay Mesa (coast), Horse Canyon (mountain).

 

 

The Big Escape Paraglidng Tour to California is sure to inspire you with the experience of some world class paragliding sites,  theme park thrills and some California sun! See a california tour photo gallery here. 

California Big Escape 9-day Paragliding Tour Oct 21 to 29, 2023 $1,797

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We will select our sites and route based optimizing flying time. Note, we may not fly/visit all the sites listed above, the list is to illustrate the scope of possible flying/touring alternatives. Pilots must have their own paraglider, harness and reserve (repacked within 6 months). Guiding at sites, transportation to and retrieval from XC flights will be provided. Airfare, accommodation, theme park fees, and meals will be the responsibility of each pilot and paid separately by them.