On September 19, 1783, in Versailles, a Montgolfiere hot air balloon
carrying a sheep, a rooster, and a duck flew for eight minutes in front
of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the French court.

Was this an early version of the cat and bird IFR system, or the
pilot/dog fly-by-wire cockpit?

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