Exhibit C


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




                                                /s/ Mona Patel
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                                                    Mona Patel



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each of the  undersigned,  being a  Controlling  Trustee and officer of
Airplanes U.S. Trust, hereby individually appoints Patrick Blaney, John Tierney,
Brian McLoghlin,  Declan Treacy, Richard Pierce, John Redmond, Michael Walsh and
Rose  Hynes and each of them,  acting as an officer  of GPA  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
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 SEC upon the  occurrence
of certain  events listed in the SEC rules and  regulations  with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (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 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.




Dated: 24 June 1996                               /s/ Roy. M. Dantzic
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                                                  Roy M. Dantzic
                                                  Controlling Trustee



                                                  /s/ William A. Franke
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                                                  William A. Franke
                                                  Controlling Trustee



                                                  /s/ Hugh R. Jenkins
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                                                  Hugh R. Jenkins
                                                  Controlling Trustee



                                                  /s/ William M. McCann
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                                                  William M. McCann
                                                  Controlling Trustee



                                                  /s/ Edward J. Hansom
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                                                  Edward J. Hansom
                                                  Controlling Trustee