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An ornithopter (from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis), meaning "bird", and πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing") is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings

The UTIAS Ornithopter No.1 (registration C-GPTR) is an ornithopter that was built in Canada in the late 1990s. On 8 July 2006, it took off under its own

production; some printed works do not depict this component. Wookiee ornithopters appear in Revenge of the Sith. The craft was originally known as the

ornithopter (from Greek roots ornithos- "bird" and pteron "wing") is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings. In the Dune universe, ornithopters

ultimately turns a propeller, or in the case of earlier prototypes, an ornithopter mechanism. Often, a hybrid system is used; where during a certain amount

The Snowbird is a human-powered ornithopter that was built as a project of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). Snowbird

On October 24, 2023, The LEGO Group announced a Lego set based on the ornithopter that appears in the 2021 film Dune. The set is aimed at an 18+ audience

The design for the ornithopters was conceived by Villeneuve and storyboard artist Sam Hudecki. Villeneuve wanted the ornithopter to be "muscular"; he

aircraft (in which a rotor mounted on a spinning shaft generates lift), and ornithopters (in which the wings oscillate to generate lift). The wings of a fixed-wing

was ultimately halted after Cryo filed for bankruptcy in July. Dune: Ornithopter Assault was developed by Hungarian studio Soft Brigade 2 for the Game