Exhibit C

     Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of a Power of Attorney given by
each of the persons signatory thereto.

                                                                 /s/ John Banes
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                                                                     John Banes



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each of the undersigned, being a Controlling Trustee and officer of
Airplanes U.S. Trust, hereby individually appoints Frank Haspel, John McMahon,
Huib van Doorn, Erwin den Dikken, Brian Marks, Gerry Hastings and Sean Brennan
and each of them, acting on behalf of debis AirFinance Financial Services
(Ireland) Limited (formerly AerFi Financial Services (Ireland) Limited), as
Administrative Agent of Airplanes U.S. Trust, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent (each an "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power by
power of attorney of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in his capacity as a Controlling Trustee and an officer of
Airplanes U.S. Trust to sign each Report on Form 8-K which will be filed at
least monthly, provided that where any such Report on Form 8-K is required to
contain any information in addition to or other than a copy of the relevant
monthly report to certificate holders, the contents of such Report on Form 8-K
shall be notified to any one Controlling Trustee of Airplanes U.S. Trust prior
to the filing thereof, each such Report on Form 8-K containing a monthly report
to certificate holders to be filed monthly on or about the 15th day of each
month and each other Report on Form 8-K to be filed within the time prescribed
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") upon the occurrence of
certain events listed in the SEC rules and regulations with the SEC and any
amendments thereto, and to file the same with any exhibits thereto and any
other documents in connection therewith with the SEC, granting unto the said
Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said Attorney-in-Fact, or his substitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be duly executed and delivered in Jersey, Channel Islands on the date
indicated below.

Dated: June 6, 2002                              /s/ William M. McCann
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                                                 William M. McCann

                                    Witness:     /s/ Michael Walsh
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Dated: June 6, 2002                              /s/ Roy M. Dantzic
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                                                 Roy M. Dantzic

                                    Witness:     /s Michael Walsh
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Dated: June 6, 2002                              /s/ Hugh R. Jenkins
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                                                 Hugh R. Jenkins

                                    Witness:     /s/ Michael Walsh
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Dated: June 6, 2002                              /s/ Richard E. Cavanagh
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                                                 Richard E. Cavanagh

                                    Witness:     /s/ Michael Walsh
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Dated: June 6, 2002                              /s/ Brian T. Hayden
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                                                 Brian T. Hayden

                                    Witness:     /s/ Michael Walsh
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