Named for Fay Gillis Wells, charter member, historian and guiding spirit of the Ninety-Nines, an international organization now numbering nearly 7000 women pilots from 35 countries. She was the first woman member of the Caterpillar Club, having jumped from a disabled aircraft to save her life in 1929, and being the first American woman pilot to fly in the Soviet Union. Still active at the age of 86, she continues to spearhead the recognition of the contribution of women to aviation. (M 24916) _ _.