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 

Tuesday
Aug032010

iparaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Aug.3/10 

Localized low brings instability and 60% POP with risk of thundershowers. Paragliding in Chilliwack and Pemberton valleys not recommended.   

Vancouver: Lapse 2.0. Mix of sun and cloud.  Grouse - P4 advanced paragliding GMFT pilots.

Chilliwack: Lapse 2.7. 60% POP with risk of thundershowers. Paragliding Not recommended.

Pemberton: Lapse 2.7. 60% POP with risk of thundershowers.  Too unstable, paragliding not recommended.  

Bellingham: Lapse 1.3. Blanchard: P2 novice paragliding pilots. 

Monday
Aug022010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Aug.2/10 

High pressure re-establishing. Clearing in Vancouver in afternoon. Cloudy with 30% POP in Chilliwack & Pemberton.   

Vancouver: Lapse 1.5. Clearing mid day. Grouse - P4 advanced paragliding GMFT pilots.

Chilliwack: Lapse 2.0. 30% POP and cloudy. Not recommended.

Pemberton: Lapse 2.0. 30% POP and mixed sun & cloud.  Too unstable, paragliding not recommended.  

Bellingham: Lapse 1.8. Blanchard: P2 novice paragliding pilots. 

Sunday
Aug012010

iparaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Aug.1/10 

Cloudy early with 40% POP in Chilliwack.  Clearing in mid afternoon but windy.   Too unstable to warrant the paragliding trip to the mountains.   

Vancouver: Lapse 1.7. Clearing mid day. Paragliding not recommended. 

Chilliwack: Lapse 1.8. 40% POP then clearing mid afternoon with windy conditions. Not recommended.

Pemberton: Lapse 3.0: Advanced. Mackenzie & Upper Launch P4 paragliding pilots after 11:00.  Watch for strong P4 conditions with possibility of overdevelopment in afternoon. 

Bellingham: Lapse 1.4. Blanchard: P2 novice paragliding pilots. 

Saturday
Jul312010

iParaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Jul.31/10 

Sunny early with possible overdevelopment in Chilliwack Valley in afternoon. P2 novice paragliding pilots early. Watch for 40% POP, windy conditions, instability and chance of thundershower in afternoon.   

Vancouver: Lapse 1.7. Watch for overdevelopment post 13:00. P4 advanced paraglider GMFT team pilots only. 

Chilliwack: Lapse 1.8 (forecast to increase in afternoon). Woodside for P2 novice paraglider pilots before 12:00. P4 advanced pilots post 13:00, watch for increasing wind and possibility of overdevelopment in afternoon. Bridal watch for strong west wind and possibility of overdevelopment P4 advanced pilots 13:00-18:00. 

Pemberton: Lapse 2.8. Mackenzie & Upper Launch P2 novice paragliders before 12:00.  Watch for strong P4 conditions in afternoon. 

Bellingham: Lapse 1.6. Blanchard: P2 novice paragliding pilots. Black P2 pilots before 12:00.  P4 pilots, watch for windy conditions and possibility of overdevelopment in afternoon. 

Friday
Jul302010

iparaglide Right Site: Paragliding Weather Jul.30/10 

Sustained high Pressure brings sunny skies.  P2 novice paragliding pilots early. West wind at 3000ft increasing to 20km/hr post 13:00. P4 advanced paragliding pilot conditions at peak.  

Vancouver: Lapse 1.5. West wind likely to blow out Grouse early. P4 advanced paraglider GMFT team pilots only. 

Chilliwack: Lapse 2.0. Woodside, P2 novice paraglider pilots before 13:00. Watch for west wind. P4 advanced pilots 13:00-18:00. Watch for strong west wind Bridal P4 advanced pilots 13:00-18:00. 

Pemberton: Lapse 2.8. Mackenzie & Upper Launch P2 novice paragliders before 11:00, watch for Whistler express south wind. Conditions likely blown out post 12:00.

Bellingham: Lapse 1.5. Blanchard: P2 novice paragliding pilots. Black P2 pilots before 12:00. P4 advanced pilots at peak.