[2][3][4][5] She flew her record-setting glider rating qualification flight over the sand dunes of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California, on April 28, 1929, for a distance of 990 ft (300 m) and a flight duration of 50 seconds, exceeding the then-required minimum of 30 seconds, to obtain her Glider flying certificate.
Miss Earhart was unable to remain aloft for the requisite 30 seconds to qualify for a license.
In 1935 she set the women world speed record for light airplanes in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
[8][note 3] Dunlap married her original flight instructor, Donald A. Templeman (1902–1942), in 1929; they divorced in 1933.
[14][13] The obituary notice in the Atlanta Constitution mentions Maxine as his surviving widow, alongside his brother and sister.