While filming a famous air battle, Waldo and the German ace begin to dogfight, repeatedly hitting each other with their airplanes, Waldo flying a Sopwith Camel and the German ace in the Fokker. Shortly, they realize their planes are too damaged to land and each flies away. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Alan Alda, John C. Reilly and Alec Baldwin, 'The Aviator' is a biography of aviation and cinema magnate Howard Hughes.
Inspired by several different sources including a biography written by Charles Higham, 'The Aviator' details Hughes' extraordinary life, from the 1920s until just after World War II.