 These activities were reported regularly in the "San Diego Sun".Ruth’s instruction began on September 9, 1929 at Ryan Field (Dutch Flats), the same airport from which Charles Lindbergh had used to start his journey in the "Spirit of St. Louis" in 1927.Ruth made her first solo flight on October 25, 1929 and completed her training on November 11, 1929, the first Kansasan to graduate from the Ryan school.