In a tragic story of striving against indolent government regulators, Wyatt Morgan, a gifted engineer, is stymied in a humdrum job. He teams with Madison, a gorgeous computer programmer, and starts his own business to develop an innovative airplane system. Wyatt's wife, Lauren, worries her husband and Madison are getting romantically involved, so to keep an eye on them, she joins the new company.
Interminable hours and immense financial strain threatens Wyatt's family, but in spite of all, brilliant innovations and herculean efforts bring success within reach, only to be jeopardized by a deceitful, unprincipled industrialist.