Charles Franklin Niles Explained

Charles Franklin Niles
Birth Date:	October 6, 1888
Birth Place:	New York State
Death Date:	(aged 27)
Death Place:	Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US
Death Cause:	Plane crash
Resting Place:	Furanceville Cemetery, Wayne County New York state
Nationality:	American
Spouse:	Lucille Goddard
Known For:	Pioneer aviator

Charles Franklin Niles (1888-1916) was an early aviator having been taught by Glenn Curtiss in 1913.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] A witness to the crash was cartoonist Robert Osborn.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.earlyaviators.com/eniles.htm Early Aviators Website
2. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049554/1916-07-13/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=06%2F29%2F1916&index=2&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Charles+Nilee+Niles&proxdistance=5&date2=07%2F31%2F1916&ortext=&proxtext=Charles+Niles&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 Evening times-Republican., July 13, 1916, Image 6
3. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87096017/1916-06-29/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=06%2F29%2F1916&index=1&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=CHARLES+NILES&proxdistance=5&date2=07%2F31%2F1916&ortext=&proxtext=Charles+Niles&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 The Oakes Times June 29, 1916
4. http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?p=705538#post705538 The Aerodrome Forum