One year after its creation, in 1964, the flight test of the first CEA product began, the monoplace sailplane of basic instruction CB-1 "Gaivota". The "Gaivota" was a sailplane manufactured using wood, from a simple design developed by the newly graduated Engineer Cláudio Pinto de Barros. All the design process of that sailplane was developed with the help of the book L'aliante of the Italian Engineer Stelio Frati, wich, yet nowadays, shows his influences on the designs of this center.

After the Gaivota success, in 1969, it was initiated the design of the high performance sailplane CB-2 "Minuano". Seeking for equality with the foreign developed machines, professor Cláudio Barros, managed to design an aircraft that until now holds one of the biggest aerodynamic efficiencies (L/D) of the country. Built by the skilled carpenter José de Carvalho e Silva, the "Minuano" incorpored the most modern manufacturing technics of that time, like metal-metal gluing, wood-metal gluing, sandwich of Plywood - Acetate honeycomb - Plywood. Its first flight happened on december 1975.

In the same year, it was created the Aeronautical Engineer trajectory inside the Mechanical Engineering course of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Initially, the course was lectured by invited professors originated from ITA/CTA (Décio Coelho Pullin, Maurício Alves Loureiro), Embraer (Sidney Lage Nogueira, Paulo Lorenção) and FAB - Brazilian Air Force (Brigadier Aluízio Weber). Afterwards, another professors, that were graduated at CEA, were contracted and gradually replaced the invited professors. With the exception of professor Miguel Flori Gorgulho, wich lectured until the end of the 80's, all the other professors remain lecturing nowadays. The course has graduated more than 400 Aeronautical Engineers, wich, in the majority, are found at Embraer, occupying high positions. Many are working on airlines and maintenance companies. Some remain on the UFMG board of professors.

In 1980 the RPR-1 "Jegue" was designed, it was a foot-launched monoplace sailplane. The first prototype, still on manufacturing, was destroyed by a flood that struck the CEA workshop.

In 1985, the design of the biplace motor-glider CB-7 "Vesper" began. That high performance aircraft was the first totally developed (design, calculation and manufacturing) using composites in Brazil. Such project received support of the German Aeronautical Authorities (DLR). Vesper's first flight happened in 1988. Recently, the prototype is beeing remanufactured for the addition of more modern and lighter materials.

Between 1989 and 1992 it was developed the last generation light airplane CB-9 "Curumim", that debuted, with all the success, in 1993. Recently, with more than 150 flight hours an more than 600 landings, Curumin has served as a wonderful flight laboratory, for the new equipment testing, for flight testing and telemetry improvement and for the initiation of the Center for Aeronautical Studies students on the flight practice.

In 1990, Vesper obtained the first place at the first Brazilian Biennial of Design, on the aircraft category. On this show, the most expressive airplanes developed in the country were competing. In 1992, Curumin received, also, the first place at the Second Brazilian Biennial of Design, again, contanding with the most relevant aircraft produced nationally.