Flying Girl

Origin
Orissa Kane is seventeen years old, the sister of a young man who is building his own flying machine. Orissa provides financial support for brother Stephen Kane and their invalid mother through her office job, while Steve concentrates on his invention. She also supports Steve emotionally, urging him forward. Steve faces commercial and technical competition, and sabotage by a competitor. When Steve suffers a broken leg in a crash and cannot fly, Orissa takes his place. She proves the validity of his craft, and demonstrates her own courage and competence in the process. She wins the top prize in an aerial exhibition and gets a boyfriend too, without ever losing "her humble and unassuming manner" and her other maidenly virtues.

She later becomes a famous aeronaut. She piloted her brother's newly-designed Hydro-Aircraft for a demonstration in San Diego; she and her companion Sybil Cumberford flew out over the Pacific Ocean but, encountered mechanical problems. The two young women landed on an unknown island off the coast of Mexico, and had to cope with the challenges of being castaways.

Orissa's brother Stephen, along with Sybil's father and other friends, came searching for the "air-maids" in a private yacht; but their vessel was grounded on the same island where the girls had landed. A nearby island was occupied by Mexican bandits; the encounter between the two groups lead to further excitement and complication before the Americans emerged triumphant.

Public Domain Appearances

 * The Flying Girl
 * The Flying Girl and her Chum