AÌ©rostat RÌ©veillon with Animal Passengers, 1783
On September 19, 1783, the AÌ©rostat RÌ©veillon was flown with the first living beings in a basket attached to the balloon: a sheep called Montauciel (Climb-to-the-sky), a duck and a rooster. The sheep was believed to have a reasonable approximation of human physiology. The duck was expected to be unharmed by being lifted aloft. It was included as a control for effects created by the aircraft rather than the altitude. The rooster was included as a further control as it was a bird that did not fly at high altitudes. This demonstration was performed before a crowd at the royal palace in Versailles, before King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. The flight lasted approximately eight minutes, covered two miles, and obtained an altitude of about 1,500 feet. The craft landed safely after flying. Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (August 26, 1740 - June 26, 1810) and Jacques-Ìätienne Montgolfier (January 6, 1745 - August 2, 1799) were the inventors of the Montgolfi̬re-style hot air balloon.
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