The Aviator tells the story [?] aviation pioneer Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), [?] eccentric billionaire industrialist [?] Hollywood film mogul famous [?] romancing some [?] the world’s most beautiful women. The drama recounts [?] years of his life [?] the late 1920s through the 1940s, [?] epoch when Hughes was directing movies [?] test flying innovative aircraft he designed and created. [?] also chronicles Hughes’ struggle [?] his physical disabilities and phobias, and [?] increasingly erratic, obsessive-compulsive behavior [?] led him ultimately [?] isolate himself [?] his associates [?] withdraw from [?] world.