Frank Herbert’s Dune began its 3 night run 20 years ago today, in our 2nd part of the 20th anniversary review of ships and technology we look at their versions of the Ornithopter. Ornithopters are a form of air vehicle, originally envisaged as flying like birds rather than powered. Although the wide wing concept art by Jim Bandsuh followed this philosophy, that specific design was only seen briefly towards the end of the third act, the majority of the Ornithopters we see are more fixed wing, with mechanical variations for the wings, but clearly kept up by rotors.