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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
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
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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.

