Animals first went aloft in 1783, when the Montgolfier Bros. sent a sheep, a duck & a rooster up in one of these
The 
balloon rose 5,200-6,600 feet (1,600-2,000 meters), stayed aloft for 10... [DOC] [TLE] Montgolfier brothers - Wikipedia [PAR] Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (26 August 1740  26 June 1810) and Jacques-
tienne Montgolfier (6 January 1745  2 August 1799) were the inventors of the 
Montgolfire-style hot air balloon, globe arostatique.