Susan Butler thinks new expedition wo n't find Amelia Earhart 's vanished plane . She married a successful publisher , George Putnam , who looked like a stand-in for Superman 's alter ego , Clark Kent . Butler wrote a biography of Earhart , a pioneer of aviation who inspired women pilots . Earhart was wildly famous in her day , broke countless speed and distance records . She disappeared on July 2, 1937 while flying from New York to Honolulu with navigator Fred Noonan.
Susan Butler thinks new expedition wo n't find Amelia Earhart 's vanished plane . Butler wrote a biography of Earhart , a pioneer of aviation who inspired women pilots . Earhart was wildly famous in her day , broke countless speed and distance records . She disappeared on July 2, 1937 while flying from New York to Honolulu with navigator Fred Noonan.