Zimmerly Air Lines Boeing 247D  NC41814                     (c/n  1735)

                                   

                                            Zimmerly Air Lines began an intrastate service in Idaho in 1944. Single engined aircraft
                                            were used  initially and in 1945 the airline acquired five Boeing 247Ds.  The corporate
                                            names appears to have been "Air Lines" although clearly that is not the way it was painted
                                            above the cabin windows!  . In 1946 the airline name was changed to Empire Air Lines.
                                            Empire kept the 247Ds for a while although they were soon  replaced by DC-3s    The
                                            images on this page are from the Bert Zimmerly Jr collection, via Patrick Rodwell.  
                                            Below is a line up of three of them (N41813 / N41814 / N41819)