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San Francisco he was having the Christofferson Brothers build a new exhibition biplane for him. With this new machine and his monoplane Niles left the United States on November 20th on an exhibition tour of the Orient. There he received tremendous ovations when he put on his acrobatic shows before great crowds, including royalty. during this period he flew at Shanghai, Hong Kong, Peiping and Canton in China.

In April, 1916, Niles flew at Manila, then went to Japan. He returned to the United States in late May and in mid-June was in New York where he initially flight tested the M.F.P. tractor biplane at Garden City, Long Island, after which started on an exhibition tour of the Midwest. On June 25th, while pushing ahead on at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the left wing collapsed during a maneuver and he fell into a wooded area. He was taken from the wreckage alive and rushed to the hospital where he died on June 27, 1916, at age 26. His bride of about one month was from the Philippines. His body was returned to Rochester for funeral services held June 30th and he was buried in nearby Williamson, New York.

Flying Pioneer Charles F. Niles was indeed one of the most active and daring young aviators of that early era. He originated and developed a science of acrobatic flying which proved to future World War I flying Aces what could be done with an airplane. His fame at stunting let to his being called "Do Anything Niles". His flying ability was obviously ahead of the limited structural knowledge of airplane building at that time. This limitation eventually cost him his life. He apparently was one of the few aviators who were continually trying to outdo each other. He was truly one of the great early pilots.
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