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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Hunziker Hans Jorg
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o FlightTechnics, LLC
520 West Palmdale Blvd., Suite C-1
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(Street)
Palmdale CA 93551
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/30/00
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person
(Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Willis Lease Finance Corporation
(WLFC)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
_X_ Director ___ Officer ___ 10% Owner ___ Other
(give title below) (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
__X_ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of
Security Securities Bene- Direct (D) or Indirect Bene-
(Instr. 3) ficially Owned Indirect (I) ficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Common stock, par
value $0.01 per share None. N/A N/A
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction
4(b)(v). (Over)
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TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of Indirect
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative Beneficial
Date Price Security: Ownership
(Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) Derivative or
---------------------------------------------------- Security Indirect (I)
Date Expira- Amount (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion Title or
cisable Date Number
of
Shares
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Hans Jorg Hunziker 12/08/00
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Hans Jorg Hunziker Date
**Signature of Reporting Person
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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