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Charles Franklin Niles

Charles Franklin Niles

First pilot to fly around the Statue of Liberty

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]

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    Early Aviators Website
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    Evening times-Republican., July 13, 1916, Image 6
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    The Oakes Times June 29, 1916
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    The Aerodrome Forum
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