Animals first went aloft in 1783, when the Montgolfier Bros. sent a sheep, a duck & a rooster up in one of these
.... Etienne (1745-1799) Montgolfier sent aloft a rooster, a sheep, and a 
duck in a ... in the Montgolfier brothers' successful manned ascent at Versailles in 
1783,... [DOC] [TLE] June 4, 1783: The era of aviation launches with the first balloon flight [PAR] Jun 4, 2016 ... A crowd of peasants attacked the first hydrogen balloon in Gonesse, France, ...