Namesake of the Giffard dirigible company, and a French airship creator. During the events of Curtsies & Conspiracies, he is scheduled to float from France to London in the first transcontinental dirigible, claiming he will do so in under an hour using aether currents. This run is rumored to be funded by vampires in an attempt to master aetherosphere travel. This attempt is opposed by the Picklemen, who are against anything that will increase the power of supernatural creatures.