As I turned 30 this year, I wanted to look back and consider how long or short 30 years could be. Let’s talk about 30 years in aviation. So I made a little year-by-year retrospective with my selection of landmarks…

I made it in french, for a french-speaking forum, but here are elements of translation:
premier vol = maiden flight
dernier vol = last flight
entrée en service = entry into service
tour du monde = around the world trip

Note : all these pics are obviously not mine, I took the liberty to borrow them in order to illustrate my thinking.