Francisco Vives Camino (19 August 1900 – 5 June 1997) was a Spanish military aviator, aeronautical engineer, lieutenant general of the Air Force, and the 13th president of Atlético Madrid.
[1][3] Vives received his air baptism in 1910, when he was only a boy of 10,[3] and he entered the Academy of Engineers of Guadalajara on 19 August 1915, his 15th birthday, from which he left as a lieutenant of the Corps, after completing the regulatory studies on 12 July 1920.
[3] In 1925, Vives was seriously wounded in combat, but after a long recovery he joined the Bréguet 14 Squadron as a pilot, under the command of Captain Mariano Barberán, with which he took part in the Alhucemas landing.
[1] Vives returned to Spain in 1934 and two years later, in 1936, he was directing the construction of the San Pablo airport in Seville, when the military uprising that led to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War occurred.
[1] Having joined the "national" side, he was readmitted to the Military Aviation as a commander, actively collaborating in the resolution of technical problems of all kinds that arose, especially in the first days, due to the rebels' lack of means and later throughout the entire contest.
On 4 October, the representatives of both sides signed the absorption agreements and appoint the first Board of Directors with Commander Francisco Vives Camino as president of the now Athletic-Aviation Club.
[3] Vives actively participated in the creation of the Historical Service of the Air Force, frequently collaborating with the Institute of Aeronautical History and Culture.