The Aviator
*The Aviator* is a 2004 Martin Scorsese film depicting Howard Hughes's life as a filmmaker, aviator, and businessman, focusing on his aviation achievements and struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The title refers to Hughes himself.
More broadly, *the aviator* can denote any pilot, particularly in early aviation's romantic era: The aviator adjusted his goggles before takeoff.
- Spruce GooseEnormous wooden seaplane prototype
- Howard HughesEccentric billionaire pilot
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- test flightExperimental aircraft evaluation
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
Leonardo DiCaprio · Cate Blanchett · Scorsese · golden age · Hollywood · tycoon · obsession · glamour · Katharine Hepburn · mogul · madness · mental illness · germ phobia · goggles · propeller · TWA · filmmaking · Golden Age Hollywood
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The AviatorAirplane!
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