page_title: Peaches Wallace
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Peaches Wallace / Career
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context_page_description: Sarah "Peaches" Wallace was an American aviatrix who was the second woman in the United States to obtain a glider license and held a record for time aloft in 1930. Wallace also wrote newspaper and magazine articles and made public appearances to discuss aviation and her experiences.
context_section_description: In 1929, the editor of the San Diego Sun announced a contest to encourage women’s participation in aviation – the winner of the “Miss Air Capital of the West” contest would receive a free full course of instruction at the T. Claude Ryan Flying School at a (1929) value of about $1,300. The contest consisted of a series of tests to determine the greatest advance over a period of time in the study and practice of aviation. Wallace entered the contest, and was one of ten finalists, (which included Ruth Alexander), but when the judges made their final decision, Wallace placed first with a score of 85.48. The flying instructions began on September 3, 1929 at Ryan Airport (Dutch Flats).  Wallace reported her flight school activities regularly in the San Diego Sun. The Sun called her their “own ‘newsgirl’”. Wallace also wrote magazine articles and made public lectures about her training and aviation experiences.
  Wallace was considered to be one of the most apt students to have taken the training course and within a few weeks of her first solo flight received her pilot’s license.
caption: Peaches at Ryan School
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