Earhart presents aviation as the beginning of a new technological era rather than simply a novel means of transport. Her phrase “flying age” suggests that powered flight was changing how people understood distance, travel and the possibilities of modern life. She expresses personal satisfaction at having lived at a time when these developments were still new and their wider consequences were becoming visible.

The remark also conveys an awareness of living through a period of historical transition. Written when long-distance aviation was developing rapidly but remained difficult and dangerous, it reflects the excitement surrounding technologies that could alter everyday experience. Earhart’s emphasis is not on a particular aircraft or achievement, but on the broader significance of technological change and the unusual perspective of witnessing it at an early stage.