Last Flight records Amelia Earhart’s 1937 attempt to circumnavigate the world with navigator Fred Noonan. The narrative follows their journey in a Lockheed Electra from the United States through South America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Earhart describes the practical demands of long-distance flying, changing landscapes and weather, encounters during stopovers, and the planning required to cross remote regions by air.

Published after Earhart’s disappearance, the book was arranged by her husband and publisher, George Palmer Putnam, from material including dispatches, letters, diary entries and flight records. It combines the unfinished account of the world flight with material reflecting on Earhart’s earlier aviation experiences and ambitions. Because the journey ended during the flight from Lae, New Guinea, towards Howland Island, the narrative has no conclusion written by Earhart. It remains a contemporary record of both her final expedition and the challenges of international aviation in the 1930s.