About Charles Franklin Niles
Lived 1888 – 1916 (aged 27). Charles Franklin Niles was an aircraft pilot.
Charles Franklin Niles (1888-1916) was an early aviator having been taught by Glenn Curtiss in 1913. It was stated in his obituary that he was the first to fly around the Statue of Liberty, and that he served as an aviator in the 1910–1920 Mexican Revolution. On June 25, 1916, while flying a loop maneuver in his Moisant monoplane at the Oshkosh, Wisconsin fairgrounds a wing collapsed and he crashed. He died of his injuries the next day. A witness to the crash was cartoonist Robert Osborn.
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Who was Charles Franklin Niles?
first pilot to fly around the Statue of Liberty
When was Charles Franklin Niles born?
Charles Franklin Niles was born on 6 October 1888.
When did Charles Franklin Niles die?
Charles Franklin Niles died on 26 June 1916 in Oshkosh.
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Charles Franklin Niles was an aircraft pilot.
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