1875 10th Rep. Aeronaut. Soc. 75 An attempt was made by Mr. Simmons..to supplement the employment of a balloon in warfare by..a kite, which..he designated the parakite. It was, in fact, a combination of the parachute and kite.

1895 R. S. S. Baden Powell in Jrnl. United Service Inst. 888 Simmons..tried in 1876 an apparatus under the name of the ‘parakite’ for raising a military observer.

1962 Aeroplane 102 233/2 Para kite.—First trials of the Lemoigne parachute kite have taken place in England... Mr. Walter Neumark remained at about 150 ft. for over 5 minutes while moored to the towing car.

1978 Lancashire Life Apr. 50 Stan Lyons was the guinea-pig—the man setting out to make Morecambe's first parakite flight between the Stone Jetty and West End Pier.

1987 Waterski Internat. Mar. 55/1 If there is any wind the boat must increase speed to allow the parakite to maintain height on the downwind leg.

2000 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 5 May (Weekend Browser section) d8 Additional entertainment will be provided by..other types of kites like kite karts and multi-string parakites.

1970 Time 30 Mar. 42/1 In parakiting, the water skier becomes airborne when the trailing parachute pops open.

2003 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 31 May (Features section) 55 Enjoy Goldcoast Oceanfest (surfing, skateboarding, parakiting and other beach/water activities).

1896 G. T. Woglom Parakites 25 Inasmuch as ‘kite’ has been the name for a toy..it has seemed proper to distinguish therefrom these ‘parakites’, using the Greek prefix in its purport of beyond the kite—an advanced kite.

1897 Daily News 4 Nov. 6/4 The processes of ‘Parakite Photography’ are minutely described.

1976 D. Pelham Penguin Bk. Kites 35 ‘Parakite’ was Woglom's name for his tailless kite, virtually a bowed Malay, similar if not identical to William A. Eddy's bow kite.