This may be the lowest drag airship ever constructed, due to it's fineness-ratio.
It wouldn't necessarily make it the most popular, as motion-sickness was an issue with crews.
When you consider that the 450-hp engine was pushing a 'building' through the air at 65-mph, it dawns upon you, what they had actually accomplished.
Main hull is around Cd 0.04, compared to the Cd 0.07 LZ-126/ USS Los Angeles.