central airport be the story of a pilot name jim ( richard barthelmess ) who have one bad flight in over 4000 hour and be force to give up commercial flying . he meet a beautiful girl name jill ( sally eilers ) and the two start up an act involve fly and stunt . the two start a relationship and but when jim be hurt and his brother ( tom brown ) take over the act for a while and fall for his brother girlfriend . from there and thing get exciting and terribly terribly sad . this film be a pre code because of several reason . first and jim and jill have consummate their relationship without be marry and with no intention of have a wedding . second and eilers be show in her underwear and and absolutely restrict scene when the production code come into effect . this film do not skimp on the dramatic love triangle and in consequence end bittersweetly .