Eula Pearl Carter Scott

Eula "Pearl" Carter Scott (December 9, 1915 – March 28, 2005) was an American stunt pilot and political activist. She was taught to fly by pioneer aviator Wiley Post. In 1972 she became one of the Chickasaw Nation's first community health representatives; her mother was an original enrollee of the Chickasaw Nation. Her father was a wealthy businessman, while Lucy was an original enrollee of the Chickasaw Nation. Pearl evidently eschewed many of the traditional activities of young Chickasaw women. Instead, she acquired her own automobile when she was only eleven years old, and had learned to drive herself by the age of twelve. Pearl said late in her life that her father was blind, and that she had served as his eyes, so she accompanied him everywhere, whether in his office or collecting rents out on the farms. She also said that she spent her whole childhood talking with adults.

Pearl in the air Aviator Wiley Post was a friend of the Carter family and visited their home from time to time. In 1928, when Pearl was twelve years old, he gave Pearl and her father their first ride in an airplane. She was totally enthralled by the experience, later saying:

"I knew right then, while I was in the air with Wiley that first day, that I would fly someday. I asked him a hundred questions while we were up in the air, and as soon as he set the plane down, I ran over and told Daddy that I wanted to learn to fly." In 2014 a portrait of her was unveiled in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

There is a documentary about her titled Pearl Carter Scott: On Top of the World, and a non-documentary narrative feature about her titled Pearl, released in 2010.