1945 Boys' Life July 13/2 Because paradrop means that parachutes are used, the parapacks are released at slightly higher altitudes.

1948 Connellsville (Pa.) Daily Courier 28 May 17/4 Men are being brought up to date on the latest methods of troop carrier, paradrop and glider tow operations.

1971 Morning Star 26 June 1 Liberation troops inspecting a U.S. ammunition paradrop captured in the far north of South Vietnam.

1996 India Today 30 June 167/4 Thapar's paradrop—to be the first to plant an Indian flag at the North Pole—was risky.

1944 Harrisburg (Illinois) Daily Register 26 Dec. 6/4 A mission to paradrop vital ammunition and supplies to Allied ground forces during the initial invasion of southern France.

1950 Birmingham (Alabama) News 27 Nov. 28/3 An Iuka man was one of the pilots who para-dropped more than 4,000 men of the 11th Airborne on an arc between the North Korean cities of Sukcon and Sunchow.

1952 Time 31 Mar. 71/2 (advt.) Here, it paradrops vital supplies ‘up front’.

1976 Aviation Week & Space Technol. (Nexis) 15 Nov. 48 The ramp..can be lowered in flight to a position level with the cabin floor, making it possible to carry outsized cargo or to paradrop cargo and personnel.

2002 India Today (Nexis) 28 Oct. 36 The US may paradrop troops to assist a drive into Baghdad by anti-Saddam Kurdish forces.

1944 Brainerd (Minnesota) Daily Disp. 21 June 1/1 Such equipment demands special treatment to withstand the shocks of ‘para-dropping’.

1961 Flight 80 371/2 The rear ramp allows paradropping.

1992 R. Moulton Kites (BNC) 89 A founding member of the British kite flying movement, and a prime mover among the paradropping enthusiasts.