Hi, let me recommend 1970s TV movie The amazing Howard Hughes with Tommy Lee Jones -
The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) (TV) - not perfect, but a different view than The Aviator. Includes Thomas Morse crash, a true story of Hughes nearly loosing his own life - the very same aircraft appears in The Aviator - the only genuine plane among replicas. Find info in Howard Hughes Aviator by George J. Marrett and
Motion Picture Stunt Pilots and Hollywood's Classic Aviation Movies by Hugh H. Wynn books. Cheers MP