In 1943 or 1944, the fortieth anniversary of the
Wright Brothers’ first flight was the main theme of the U.S. War Bond Drive in New York City.
General Henry H. Arnold was the keynote speaker and Orville Wright was the honored guest. At
the banquet, George C. Johnson, the president of Model Airplane News, presented a framed panel
to Orville Wright. It contained Wylam's original drawing of the Wright Flyer.
Wright was
impressed and remarked that it was the first time that he saw a correct representation of the
original Wright Flyer.
During the wars years of the ’40s he had his home searched and files taken by the F.B.I. twice inquiring how he was getting his sources.
Before NASA, Wylam worked for GM Electro Motive, Sperry Univac, and while at NASA,
he worked on the Apollo and Saturn Space Program as well as the Space Shuttle ProgramHe made twelve books on airplanes, has over 1200 copyrights, and seventeen industrial patents
Bill Wylam was the driving force in creating market acceptance for the maintenance free battery — VRLA's battery when it persuaded General Motors to manufacture them and put them in their cars.
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