Linda Carlton's Ocean Flight

Linda Carlton decides that she wants to become a commercial pilot, so she and Louise enroll at a school in St. Louis.  Before they depart, Kitty Clavering organizes a Flying Club.  Linda joins the club, but Louise refuses since she despises Bess Hulbert, an aviatrix who is jealous of both Linda and Louise.


Linda soon learns that a wealthy woman has promised a $25,000 prize to the first woman who flies from New York to Paris without a man's accompaniment.  Linda decides that she wants to make the attempt...


The Linda Carlton series is a five volume series written by Edith Lavell. The series follows the outrageous adventures of Linda Carlton who lives with her Aunt Emily in Spring City, Ohio. These adventures include multiple plane crashes, getting trapped in a burning building and swimming through a swamp filled with alligators.