Sara Rimmerman had the biography, she wrote about a female pilot, published.

Sara was fascinated as her younger sister, Rachel, talked about Fay Gillis-Wells’ dramatic school visit. Sara wanted to know how Fay obtained her pilot’s license within two months. She also wanted to know how Fay parachuted to safety when her plane seemed to disintegrate in mid-air during a series of aerobatic maneuvers. “A get-acquainted luncheon was arranged,” Sara explains. “Fay, then in her nineties, was telling us all these stories about what she’s done. She had enough stories to fill a book, but no one’s ever written a book about her. So, it all fell into place.” Sara would write the book.

Sara spent two years doing research. She interviewed Faye and utilized the Internet, newspapers, magazines, and the National Air and Space Museum. She also received help from a Virginia newspaper reporter and photographer.