This woman is delusional and perhaps should be pitied?
I don't think she's delusional at all. Certainly not to be pitied.
I think she's highly manipulative and very skilled at what she does. Not the flying. I think she's a mediocre private pilot and rather poor navigator, but she's brilliant at the bull****. A true artist.
She loves to play on her gender. Her gender agenda is highly profitable for her, not only financially.
It is perhaps ironic that she likes to play the Amelia Earhart card. There was another mediocre pilot, and piss-poor navigator, who plied her personal charms, such as they were, to gain the support of a competent publicist. Interestingly, she too found the funds to rebuild an aeroplane which she cracked up through being a bit of a crap pilot.