Lyftscip is lyftcræft þe man stēoran mæȝ þurh þǣre lyfte þȳ rōðrum and screoƿum, oþþe ōðer āþidde. Unȝeliċ ōðer lyftcræft sƿelċe lyftƿæȝnas, þe þȳ feðere þurh þǣre lyfte āþidd maciaþ, lyftscipu þurhstandaþ lyfte fyllende grēat boll mid āþiddende lyft.

Lyftscip
Nīƿlicu lyftscip
Endebyrdnesse dǣl ymbe
Lyftcræfta Floccas
Supported bȳ Lēohtra-þonne-Lyft Lyftingas (aerostats)
Ungemihtod Gemihtod
Ballōn Lyftscip
Supported bȳ LþL Lyftingas + Aerodynamic Lift
Ungemihtod Gemihtod
Cyndblendisc lyftscip
Supported by Aerodynamic Lift (aerodynes)
Ungemihtod Gemihtod
Ungemihtod fæstgefeðrod Gemihtod fæstgefeðrod
Glider
hang gliders
Glīdflēoge
Kite
• Gemihtod lyftwægn
powered hang gliders
Gemihtod glīdflēoge
Flettner airplane
Ground-effect vehicle
Powered hybrid fixed/rotary wing
Tiltwing
Tiltrotor
Mono Tiltrotor
Mono-tilt-rotor rotary-ring
Coleopter
Ungemihtod rotary-wing Gemihtod rotary-wing
Rotor kite Autogyro
Gyrodyne ("Heliplane")
Þyrla
Powered aircraft driven by flapping
Ornithopter
Ōðer Gescēad Hebboðes
Ungemihtod Gemihtod
Hovercraft
Flying Bedstead
Avrocar

Þā hēafod lyftscipcynn bēoþ unstearċ, sāmstearċ, and stearċ. Unstearċ "blimps" sind lȳtlu lyftscipu būton innan ȝestealum. Sāmstearcu lyftscipu sind lēohtliċ māra and sum innan ȝesteal habbaþ, sƿelċe fæst ċēol. Stearċu lyftscipu mid fullum ȝestealum, sƿelċe þā grēatu Zeppelin ȝeondgarsecgiscu lyftscipu, ƿurdon dēad æfter mæniȝ ƿelcūþ scipƿracu þurh þǣm middlum 20 ȝēarhundrede.

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.

 
In þǣm bæċgrunde, ZR-3, fore hit, (l to r) J-3 oþþe 4, K-1, ZMC-2, fore hīe, "Caquot" behealdnesse ballōn, and in foregrunde frēo ballōnas brocen for ȝearƿunge. US Flothere lyftscipu and ballōnas, 1931
  • Unstearċu lyftscipu (blimps) brūcaþ mā lyftȝeþring þonne ymbstandende lyftȝeþring to healdenne hiera sceap þurh flyhte.
  • Sāmstearċu lyftscipu, ȝeliċ blimps, þurfaþ innan ȝeþring to healdenne hiera sceap, ac āstreaht, ȝemǣne bedǣledu ċēolȝestealu habbaþ āstreccende be þǣre undersīdan þæs ymbfenġes to berenne ȝeƿiht into þǣm ymbfenġe, for læssrum ymbfenġȝeþringum.
  • Stearċu lyftscipu ("Zeppelin") habbaþ stearċu ȝestealu mid mæniȝum, unȝeþringedum innan lyftballōnum for ārīsende. Stearċu lyftscipu ne brūcaþ innan ȝeþring to healdenne hiera sceap, and mæȝen mǣste ǣniȝ miċelu bēon.