D-138

LZ-138 (also registered as D-138 ) was a German zeppelin. It was equipped with attachment points for two biplanes, which could enter flight after dropping from the massive airship.

In 1938, LZ-138 was scheduled to make a journey from Berlin, Germany, to Athens, Greece. After Indiana Jones and his father managed to recover the Grail Diary, they attempted to escape Berlin on board the massive dirigible. However, when the airship's crew learned that their radio had been sabotaged, they reversed course, forcing the two to escape aboard one of LZ-138's biplanes.

Behind the scenes
In the real world, the German line of zeppelins ended with LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II. No German dirigible was ever equipped to carry airplanes, though two American dirigibles, the USS Akron and the USS Macon, were.

Appearances

 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (novel)
 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (comic)