Animals Aloft

In this richly illustrated documentary tribute to the American animal and other foreign nationals in flight, the author introduces an all star cast, from the Montgolfier brothers first balloon-borne menagerie (a sheep, a rooster and a duck) to Kiddo, the first cat to try crossing the Atlantic by air, by way of Lord Brabazon’s flying pig and a host of horses, dogs, lions, goats, military pigeons, airborne cows, parachuting dogs, plus the odd lobster.

Allan Janus Allan Janus is a museum specialist in the Archives Division of the National Air and Space Museum, where he assists researchers and maintains the archives' lighter than air (balloons and airship) files. He also wrote Dog is my Co-Pilot for Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine. Janus is also a widely exhibited photographer, whose work is represented in many collections. He grew up in the Washington D.C. area, and currently lives in Washington Grove, MD, with two decidedly earth-bound cats.