Would have prevented a lot of conspiracy theories from taking shape...
That's about it, that and the role in the WASPs during WW2 already mentioned.
Truth be told, Earhart was not a great pilot, exhibited little technical competence, and, apart from working with a Hollywood stunt pilot for a few months in the mid-30s, never made much effort to improve. She couldn't operate the radio aboard the Electra, for example, and never bothered to learn how. She also was a poor navigator. Rather than the "flying lab" work the press reported on, Noonan's real role during the circumnavigation attempt was to perform the celestial navigation duties Earhart could not.
She becomes fond of space travel in her later years and even meets John F. Kennedy at the White House after his speech calling for the Moon landing.
What a load of rubbish !
The way your post is formulated reminds me of those who say that Saint Exupery was a bad piloy and a depressive wreck that killed himself by throwing his P-38 into the sea.The chapters detailing the last flight are riveting, but the author minimises Earhart’s part in its failure. Her navigator didn’t know Morse code. Her husband George was back at base muddling through. The plane simply disappeared.
I read the title and immediately thought, "What - like she returns now?" And then I had this vision of zombie aviators and it got bad from there.
Critics disagree with you, you know