Rigid airship: Identify the inventor most associated with the rigid type. Full question: Who invented the rigid airship? Choose the correct option.
General Knowledge
Inventions
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
Answer
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.