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He invented the lighter-than-air dirigible bearing his name- the Zeppelin . Unlike Blimps, Zeppelins had a rigid metal chassis or frame and also usually external sheet-metal skin. Considering the explosive hydrogen lifting gas, this was darn near a design requirement- that did not always work- witness Hindenberg Disaster.

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