Lyftscipu ƿǣron þā fyrmest mid stēorrliċum, ȝemihtodum flyhte, and man hīe ȝemǣne brēac fore þǣm 1940um, ac hiera nytt ƿurdon lēas æs lyftƿæȝna mihtiȝnesse ƿurdon grēator. Hiera dryre þurhstōd mid ȝetalum ƿelcūðum ƿraca, beinnende þǣm 1937 byrnende þǣre ƿætertiberȝefyllodan Hindenburge nēah Lakehurst, New Jersey, and þā brǣċe þǣre USS Akron. Man ȝiet brȳcþ lyftscipu tōdæȝ for ƿaracȳþþe, indryhteȝelimpum, and lyftiscum behealdnesse.