On the 50th Anniversary of the AIRAPT foundation after the First AIRAPT Conference in Le Creusot, France, back in 1965, the Organizing Committee of the joint AIRAPT‐25 & EHPRG‐53 Conference had the opportunity to commemorate this event in Madrid.

Attached please find some remarks on the event by Professor Fernando Rodriguez, and the slides of a presentation delivered by Professor Karl Syassen.