Rigid airship: Identify the inventor most associated with the rigid type. Full question: Who invented the rigid airship? Choose the correct option.

Difficulty: Easy

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Henri Giffard
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Otto Lilienthal

Correct Answer: Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Explanation:

Background

Category: Rigid airships with internal framework.

Reasoning
Ferdinand von Zeppelin pioneered the rigid airship (Zeppelins) in the early 1900s. Giffard built an earlier non-rigid steam-powered airship (1852); Santos-Dumont flew non-rigids/early aircraft.

Final Answer
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.

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