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We installed the 450 radial but the struts won't take the vibrationMinute we fire her up the struts start cracking at the attach pointsWell what's the good news There isn't anyGoddamn it Odie if the
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The Aviator

Tear it up, Odie

Glenn Odekirk:
We installed the 450 radial, but the struts won't take the vibration. Minute we go contact, the struts start craking at the attach points.Howard Hughes:Dammit, Odie, if the 450's too big, figure something else out!Glenn Odekirk:We've done everything - we've rebuilt her from top to bottom. If we drain the fuel tank for a couple of runs she might make 180 mph.Howard Hughes:I want minimum 200.Glenn Odekirk:Yeah, well, I want a date with Theda Bara, but that ain't gonna happen either.Howard Hughes:Don't be so sure... OK, OK, OK, this is a simple engineering problem. We just gotta think it out.Howard Hughes:So if the struts won't sustain the engine we need - then we gotta get rid of them.Glenn Odekirk:Then the top wing falls off.Howard Hughes:Then let it.Glenn Odekirk:What?Howard Hughes:Who says we need a top wing?Howard Hughes:Who says we need *anything*?Glenn Odekirk:A monoplane...Howard Hughes:A cantilevered monoplane. They're doing it in France. To the hell with the top wing and the struts...Glenn Odekirk:550 Whitney Wasp engine...Howard Hughes:100 octane fuel will give us a top horsepower of - what?Glenn Odekirk:Seven hundred.Howard Hughes:Squeeze it to a thousand and we got the fastest plane ever built.Glenn Odekirk:You know, I just gotta say... we've already spent over $200,000 rebuilding this plane.Howard Hughes:To the hell with it.Howard Hughes:Tear it up, Odie

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We installed the 450 radial but the struts won't take the vibration
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Minute we fire her up the struts start cracking at the attach points
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Well what's the good news There isn't any
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Goddamn it Odie if the 450's too big we just got to figure something else out
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We've done everything We've rebuilt her from top to toe
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Now if we drain the fuel tank for a couple of runs she might make 180mph
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I want minimum 200 all right
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I want a date with Theda Bara but that ain't gonna happen either
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Don't be so sure
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So if the struts won't sustain the engine we need we got to get rid of the struts
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No then the top wing falls off
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Then let it
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What
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Who says we need a top wing I mean who says we need anything
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A monoplane A cantilevered monoplane right
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I mean they're doing it in France To hell with the top wing and the struts
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Put in a 550 Wasp engine 100 octane fuel
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That'd give us a top horsepower of what 700
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We squeeze that to a thousand we've got the fastest plane ever built
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You know I just got to say we've already spent over 200 000 rebuilding this plane
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To hell with it
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Tear it up Odie Go on
Available in 6 languages
Duration
84 seconds
Views
1,190
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:42
Uploaded
Feb 28, 2026
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Production
Warner Bros. Pictures,Miramax,Initial Entertainment Group,Forward Pass,Appian Way,IMF

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Movie Summary

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Actors

Matt Ross
Glenn Odekirk
Leonardo DiCaprio
Howard Hughes