This is the life story of American director, millionaire and inventor Howard Hughes. Howard was born in the family of industrialist and inventor, so from a young age had the opportunity to engage in costly technical developments, as well as to devote himself to aviation. In addition, Howard makes a film in Hollywood about the battles of fighters of the First World War. Hughes could hardly manage to get funding his film, but the picture after the rental is very successful, so Howard appears to continue their business, testing and construction of a new generation of aircraft. After the war, the US Department of Defense even orders from Hughes to develop a new reconnaissance aircraft. But not everything is going so brilliantly in the fate of Howard ...