The first plane to land in Coimbra was this old Tiger Moth, belonging to the fleet of the Portuguese Military Aeronautics division, later becoming the Portuguese Air Force, who gifted it to the ACC.
Following the decommission of the Coimbra Academic Association’s Centre for Aeronautics (Centro de Aeronáutica da Associação Académica de Coimbra – CAAAC), in April 1974 by unilateral decision of the Coimbra Academic Association (AAC), due to the belief that the Centre’s activities were not compatible with the guidelines and activities of the ACC, it was possible to retake the process started in the 16th of July 1957, by the “Comissão Provisória Organizadora do AAC” (AAC Provisional Organizing Commission).
At that date, this Commission had already invited a number of institutions, sport collectives and friends of sport aviation for a meeting, having delivered, pending approval, the Statutes defining the future of ACC to the General Direction for Civil Aeronautics (Direcção Geral da Aeronáutica Civil -DGAC), on the 22nd of August of 1957.
Grant of the permission of use, able to be revoked at any time, with the Administrative Commission of District Authorities (Comissão Administrativa da Junta Distrital).
For these reasons, we can affirm that the Coimbra Aeroclub (ACC) was born out of the extinction of the CAAAC, having its formal constitution on the 14th of January 1976 as a Leisure and Sport Cultural Association, being named at that time “Aero Clube de Coimbra – ACC”, even if the necessary bureaucracy for its full constitution had begun in February 1975.
Change of headquarters to Praça 8 de Maio, 3rd floor, n. 37, awarded by the Defense and Propaganda Society of Coimbra.
Ministerial Decree authorising the construction of the Piloting School.
Formal delivery of the Terminal building’s keys, in the aerodrome, by the Coimbra City Hall.
Change of Social Headquarters to its current location.
Portuguese Prime Minister declares the ACC as a public interest utility.