▁som ed ay . ▁I ▁asked ▁him ▁a ▁hundred ▁questions ▁while ▁we ▁were ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁air , ▁and ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁he ▁set ( s ic ) ▁the ▁plane ▁down , ▁I ▁ran ▁over ▁and ▁told ▁D addy ▁that ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁learn ▁to ▁fly ." ▁ ▁Post ▁agreed ▁to ▁teach ▁Pear l ▁how ▁to ▁fly . ▁After ▁several ▁months ▁of ▁less ons , ▁her ▁father ▁surprised ▁her ▁with ▁her ▁own ▁Curt is ▁Rob b ins ▁air plane . ▁On ▁September ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁she ▁took ▁off ▁on ▁her ▁first ▁solo ▁flight , ▁becoming ▁the ▁young est ▁person ▁in ▁Oklahoma ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁to ▁accomplish ▁this ▁fe at . ▁Not ▁long ▁after ward , ▁she ▁began ▁to ▁perform ▁as ▁a ▁st unt ▁pilot . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁Post ▁fle w ▁into ▁the ▁local ▁a irst rip ▁with ▁another ▁man , ▁whom ▁Pear l ▁did ▁not ▁recognize . ▁M om ents ▁later ▁Post ▁introduced ▁her ▁to ▁the ▁already ▁world ▁famous ▁Will ▁Rog ers . ▁ ▁Dev otion ▁to ▁children ▁Pear l ▁married ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 6 , ▁and ▁quickly ▁started ▁a ▁family ▁of ▁her ▁own . ▁She ▁continued ▁to ▁fly ▁after ▁her ▁first ▁baby , ▁but ▁after ▁she ▁bore ▁a ▁second , ▁she ▁realized ▁that ▁the ▁b ab ies ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁grow ▁up ▁without ▁a ▁mother ▁if ▁there ▁were ▁an ▁accident . ▁She ▁ab rupt ly ▁quit ▁flying . ▁She ▁apparently ▁rel ented ▁once , ▁when ▁W iley ▁Post