not true.
- Who wrote that bill, senator?
Who actually wrote the CAB bill,
the actual word in the bill,
Did you write them?
Maybe it will refresh your memory.
You introduce this bill to the Senate.
Lot of word.
Did you write all of them?
Did you write any of them, senator?
This entire bill is written
by Pan-Am executives.
And decided to give that airline a
monopoly on international travel.
l've duties to take me all
over the world, Mr Hughes.
What the hell does a senator
from Maine visit Peru for?
Buy a lot of lobsters down there,
do they?
Would you like me to tell you,
senator?
l'm sure Stalko is happy to hear that.
Professor, why don't you come on
up front here?
Grab yourself in right there,
you ought to sit just great.
All right, boys.
Let's fire up.
25 miles per hour.
How does she sound?
Professor.
Do me a favor.
Take a look out the window there
and tell me what wind is doing.
Would you call that a headwind?
lf you receive $43 million to
manufactured 100 spy planes
For the United States airforce,
How many functional planes did you
delivered to the United States airforce?
Would you lean a little closer
to the microphone, sir?
None.
- l did.
- And did you deliver that plane?
l did not.
That is correct.
Excuse me for asking, Mr Hughes
but where do all the money go?
lt went to the plane, senator
and a lot more.
l mean l put my money
into the plane, senator.
My money.
Let him speak.
The thing is l care very much
about aviation.
lt has been a greatjoy of my life,
That's why l put my own money
to this planes,
And l lost millions, Senator Brewster,
l go on losing million, it's what l do
lf l lost a lot of the
government's money,
ln all, more than $800 million
was spent during the war
On planes that never flew.
Over 6 billion on other weapons
that never delivered yet,
Hughes aircraft with her 56 million,
ls the only firm under investigation
here today,
And l cannot help but think
it has a little more
To do with TWA than planes
that did not fly.
lt has to do with the Hercules.
l've been called a playboy,
l've been called an eccentric,
But l do not believe l've the
reputation of being a liar.
lt is the largest plane ever built.
lt's over 5 storey tall with the wings
span longer than a football field,
That's more than a block.
Now l put my life into this thing,
l got my reputation rolled up in it,
And l've stated several times
that if Hercules fail to fly,
l will leave this country and
will never come back.
And l mean it.
l've just about enough
of this nonsense.
25 miles per hour.
Excuse us forjust a second.
- Shopping in Paris.
- l'll buy you anything you want.
You can buy me dinner, how about that?
Dinner then.
We got a date?
Okay, baby, you got a date.
Jet airplane,
you know anything aboutjet?
No, but it sounds expensive.
lt will be but we got
to get it started.
What do you know about science?
They work for me?
Everybody works for you, Howard.
Of course now. We gotta get into it.
Jets are gonna be the way to the future
Stay here, l'll be right back.
You understand, Howard?
Guard the door. l'll get a doctor.
No one sees him like this.
When l grow up, l'm gonna find
the fastest plane ever built,
Make the biggest movies ever,
And be the richest man in the world.
The way of the future.[% music %]
[crickets chirping]
[water lapping]
Woman:
Q-u...
a-r...
a-n-t...
i-n-e.
Quarantine.
Q-u-a-r...
[gasps]
a-n-t...
i-n-e.
Quarantine.
You know the cholera?
Yes, mother.
You've seen the signs on
the houses where coloreds live?
Yes, mother.
You know the typhus?
I do, mother.
You know what they
can do to you?
Yes, mother.
You are not safe.
[plane engine roars]
Man:
You may be directing
this movie, Howard.
But what you're asking,
we can't do it.
Howard:
Don't tell me I can't do it.
Don't tell me it can't be done.
The gyro forces are too much.
You send these planes
into barrel rolls,