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                                                                       EXHIBIT 6


         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




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


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         Each of the undersigned, being a Director and officer of Airplanes
Limited, hereby individually appoints Patrick Blaney, John Redmond, Michael
Walsh, Pat Dalton, Paul Farrell, Rose Hynes and Edward Hansom and each of them,
acting on behalf of AerFi Financial Services (Ireland) Limited, as
Administrative Agent of Airplanes Limited, 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 Director and an officer of Airplanes Limited, 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 Director of
Airplanes Limited 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 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 on the date indicated below.



                                                   

Dated: 14 June 1999                                      /s/ William M. McCann
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                                                           William M. McCann

                                           Witness:      /s/   A. Syvret
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Dated: 14 June 1999                                      /s/ Roy M. Dantzic
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                                                             Roy M. Dantzic

                                           Witness:      /s/   A. Syvret
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Dated: 14 June 1999                                      /s/ Hugh R. Jenkins
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                                                            Hugh R. Jenkins

                                           Witness:      /s/   A. Syvret
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Dated: 14 June 1999                                      /s/ Richard E. Cavanagh
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                                                           Richard E. Cavanagh

                                           Witness:      /s/  A. Syvret
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Dated: 14 June 1999                                      /s/ Brian T. Hayden
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                                                             Brian T. Hayden

                                           Witness:      /s/  A. Syvret
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