That was my thought as well.
She’s a local traffic reporter - not a daring rough adventuress.
Leave it to other, more daring, women to fly the vintage Lockheed Electra around the world and make it. She’ll settle for state - of - the - art now, just as the Lockheed Electra was state - of - the - art then.
She’ll most definitely be the first “Amelia Earhart” to actually make it all the way.