Is THIS how you imagined the vampires?

[Raynor]

Originally Posted by davem

I take it this would mean that Ancalagon & Smaug couldn't fly either, as they were lesser beings than Morgoth?

Seeing that Melkor is described time and again as not being able to make new sentient beings, the race of dragons is likely a corruption of a race already able to fly. In that sense, these "proto-dragons" had this gift from the design of Eru (I am not aware that any vala was able to make even non-sentient beings).