LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

If one airship proves the rigid idea worked, it is this one. The Graf Zeppelin flew more than a million miles on 590 flights and carried over 34,000 passengers without a single injury. Between August 7 and September 4, 1929, it flew around the world, and it went on to make the first regularly scheduled transatlantic passenger crossings by air, years before airliners could do the same. It is the best answer to anyone who thinks the Hindenburg tells the whole story of the passenger Zeppelin.