Possibly that feature of aviation which may appeal most to thoughtful women is its potentiality for peace. The term is not merely an airy phrase. Isolation breeds distrust and differences of outlook. Anything which tends to annihilate distance destroys isolation, and brings the world and its peoples closer together. I think aviation has a chance to increase intimacy, understanding, and far-flung friendships thus.
Earhart argues that aviation could have consequences beyond faster travel. By reducing the practical distance between countries and communities, she believed flying might weaken the isolation that can encourage distrust and conflicting perspectives. Greater contact, in her view, could create more opportunities for people to understand one another and form relationships across national boundaries.
The passage presents technology as a possible influence on peace rather than as a guarantee of it. Earhart links improved transport with greater intimacy, understanding and friendship, suggesting that physical connection can support social and international connection. Her argument reflects the optimism surrounding civil aviation during its early development, when aircraft were beginning to make distant places more accessible. The quote can therefore be read as a broader claim about how technologies that overcome geographical barriers may affect relations between societies, while recognising implicitly that connection alone does not eliminate political or cultural differences.