What space & flight looked like in the 1900s
Fragile wood-and-fabric machines take off from beaches and fields in front of small crowds.
If there is a flying machine but no runway and no metal anywhere, you are almost certainly in this decade.
1900s moments in the game
Dating a space & flight scene
- Wings
- Fabric biplanes are 1903–1930; shiny metal monoplanes after the 1930s; swept-back jet wings after 1950.
- Lighter than air
- Balloons are possible from 1783; giant airships belong mostly to 1900–1937.
- Launch pads
- Rockets, gantries and control rooms full of screens are the late 1950s onward; colour TV monitors and computers place you later still.