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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August
8,  2006<br> Registration No.
333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
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STATES<br> SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</p>
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<font style="font-size: 10pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
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(State or other jurisdiction of<br> incorporation or
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Aircastle Advisor LLC<br>300 First Stamford Place<br>5<sup style="vertical-align:top;">th</sup>
Floor<br> Stamford, Connecticut&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;06902<br>
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AIRCASTLE LIMITED 2005 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN<br>
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Esq.<br>c/o Aircastle Advisor LLC<br>300 First Stamford
Place<br>5<sup style="vertical-align:top;">th</sup> Floor<br> Stamford,
Connecticut&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;06902<br>(203) 504-1020<br>
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including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
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Meagher &amp; Flom LLP<br>Four Times Square<br>New York, New York
10036-6522<br>(212) 735-3000</p>
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be<br>registered<sup style="vertical-align:top;">(1)</sup></font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="4"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Proposed maximum<br>offering
price per<br>share</font></td>
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price</font></td>
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of<br>registration<br>fee</font></td>
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shares, par value $0.01 per
share</font></td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 3pt;"><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Pursuant
to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement also covers additional shares that may become
issuable under the above-named plan by reason of certain corporate
transactions or events, including any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
the registrant's outstanding shares of common
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">EXPLANATORY
NOTE</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">This registration statement registers common shares, par
value $0.01 per share (the &lsquo;&lsquo;Common
Shares&rsquo;&rsquo;) of Aircastle Limited (the
&lsquo;&lsquo;Company&rsquo;&rsquo;) that may be issued and sold
under the Amended and Restated Aircastle Limited 2005 Equity and
Incentive Plan (the &lsquo;&lsquo;Plan&rsquo;&rsquo;).</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">PART
I</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS</p>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">Item 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Plan
Information.</font>*</p>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">Item 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registrant Information
and Employee Plan Annual Information.</font>*</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">* The documents
containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent
or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &lsquo;&lsquo;Securities
Act&rsquo;&rsquo;). Such documents need not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&lsquo;&lsquo;SEC&rsquo;&rsquo;) either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">PART II</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item
3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The following
documents previously filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference
in this registration statement:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company's
prospectus, dated August  7,  2006, filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act (the
&lsquo;&lsquo;Prospectus&rsquo;&rsquo;) which contains audited
financial statements of Aircastle Limited and its subsidiaries for the
fiscal year ended December  31,  2005;</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&lsquo;&lsquo;Exchange Act&rsquo;&rsquo;), since the end of the
fiscal year covered by the Prospectus; and</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
description of the Common Shares contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A dated July  25,  2006, filed with the
SEC by the Company to register such securities under the Exchange Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">All documents subsequently filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
registration statement, or in any other subsequently filed document
that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement.
Any statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained
in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or
supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item
4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Not
applicable.</p>
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<a name="page2"></a><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></font>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The legality of the Common Shares offered hereby
has been passed upon for the Company by Conyers Dill &amp; Pearman,
Hamilton, Bermuda, as special Bermuda counsel.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item
6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Our bye-laws
contain a broad waiver by our shareholders of any claim or right of
action, both individually and on our behalf, against any of our
officers or directors. The waiver applies to any action taken by an
officer or director, or the failure of an officer or director to take
any action, in the performance of his or her duties, except with
respect to any matter involving any fraud or dishonesty on the part of
the officer or director. The waiver limits the right of shareholders to
assert claims against our officers and directors unless the act or
failure to act involves fraud or dishonesty. Our bye-laws also
indemnify our directors and officers in respect of their actions and
omissions, except in respect of their fraud or dishonesty. The
indemnification provided in the bye-laws is not exclusive of other
indemnification rights to which a director or officer may be entitled,
provided these rights do not extend to his or her fraud or
dishonesty.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Section 98 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda (the
&lsquo;&lsquo;Companies Act&rsquo;&rsquo;) provides generally that
a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors, officers and auditors
against any liability which by virtue of any rule of law otherwise
would be imposed on them in respect of any negligence, default, breach
of duty or breach of trust, except in cases where such liability arises
from fraud or dishonesty of which such director, officer or auditor may
be guilty in relation to the company. Section 98 further provides that
a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors, officers and auditors
against any liability incurred by them in defending any proceedings,
whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is awarded in their favor
or in which they are acquitted or granted relief by the Supreme Court
of Bermuda pursuant to Section 281 of the Companies Act. The registrant
maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is
provided (a) to its directors and officers against loss rising from
claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and (b)
to the registrant with respect to payments which may be made by the
registrant to such officers and directors pursuant to the above
indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law. Reference is
made to the form of Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto
for provisions providing that the Underwriters are obligated, under
certain circumstances, to indemnify the directors, certain officers and
the controlling persons of the Registrant against certain liabilities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Company has
entered into separate indemnification agreements with certain of its
directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement provides, among
other things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by
law and our bye-laws against any and all expenses, judgments, fines,
penalties and amounts paid in settlement of any claim. The
indemnification agreements provide for the advancement or payment of
all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to us if it is
found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification
under applicable law and our bye-laws.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed
that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">We maintain directors' and officers'
liability insurance for our officers and directors.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item
7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Not
applicable.</p>
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No.</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Specimen
Share Certificate</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Form of Amended and
Restated Shareholders Agreement among Aircastle Limited and Fortress
Investment Fund III LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund B) LP,
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III
(Fund D) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) LP, Fortress
Investment Fund III (Coinvestment Fund A) LP, Fortress Investment Fund
III (Coinvestment Fund B) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III
(Coinvestment Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Coinvestment
Fund D) L.P., Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP, Drawbridge
Special Opportunities Fund Ltd. and Drawbridge Global Macro Master Fund
Ltd.</font></td>
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Company</font></td>
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<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.4*</td>
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<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amended Bye-laws of the
Company</font></td>
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<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">5</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.1</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
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<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Opinion of Conyers Dill &amp;
Pearman</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
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<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young
LLP</font></td>
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<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">23</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.2</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
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<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Consent of Conyers Dill &amp;
Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></td>
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<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">24</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.1</td>
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<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Power
of Attorney (included in the signature
page)</font></td>
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<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Power of
Attorney</font></td>
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<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">99</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.1*</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
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<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
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<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amended and Restated
Aircastle Limited 2005 Equity and Incentive
Plan</font></td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 3pt;"><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Incorporated by reference to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended
(Registration No. 333-134669), filed with the SEC.</font></td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item
9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration
statement:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:40pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus
required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:40pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &lsquo;&lsquo;Calculation of
Registration Fee&rsquo;&rsquo; table in the effective registration
statement;</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:40pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do
not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">3</p>
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<a name="page4"></a><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></font>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering
thereof.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration
by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">4</p>
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<a name="page5"></a><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></font>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">SIGNATURES</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in City of Stamford, State of Connecticut,
on August 8,
2006.</p>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="4"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">AIRCASTLE
LIMITED</font></td>
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<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 16pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">By:</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 16pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">/s/
Ron Wainshal</font></td>
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<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Name: Ron
Wainshal</font></td>
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<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief
Executive Officer</font></td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Each
of the undersigned officers and directors of Aircastle Limited., a
Bermuda exempted company, hereby constitutes and appoints Wesley R.
Edens, Ron Wainshal, and David Walton and each of them, severally, as
his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, in his or her name and on his or her behalf, to
sign in any and all capacities this Registration Statement and any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to
this Registration Statement and any and all applications and other
documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, with full power and authority to perform and do any and all
acts and things whatsoever which any such attorney or substitute may
deem necessary or advisable to be performed or done in connection with
any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as each of the
undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby ratifying
and approving all acts of any such attorney or substitute.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.</p>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Title</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Date</td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/
Wesley R. Edens</td>
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<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center; " align="left">Chairman
of the Board of Directors</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">August 8,
2006</td>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Wesley R.
Edens</td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Ron Wainshal</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center; " align="left">Chief Executive Officer<br>
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">(Principal
executive officer)</font></td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">August 8,
2006</td>
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<td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Ron
Wainshal</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">*</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center; " align="left">Chief Financial Officer<br>
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">(Principal
financial officer)</font></td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">August 8,
2006</td>
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<td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Mark
Zeidman</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Aaron Dahlke</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center; " align="left">Chief Accounting Officer<br>
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">(Principal
accounting officer)</font></td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">August 8,
2006</td>
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<td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Aaron
Dahlke</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Joseph P. Adams,
Jr.</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">August 8,
2006</td>
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<td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Joseph P. Adams,
Jr.</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">*</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">August 8,
2006</td>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Ronald W.
Allen</td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">*</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">August 8,
2006</td>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Douglas A.
Hacker</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Title</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Date</td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">*</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">August
8, 2006</td>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">John Z.
Kukral</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">*</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">August 8,
2006</td>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Ronald L.
Merriman</td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">*</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; text-align: center; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">August 8,
2006</td>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Peter
Ueberroth</td>
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<u>/s/ David Walton</u>
<br>David
Walton<br>* Attorney-in-Fact</p>
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INDEX</p>
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<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">4</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.1*</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></div>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Specimen Share
Certificate</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" align="right" valign="top"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></td>
<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">4</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.2*</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></div>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Form of Amended and
Restated Shareholders Agreement among Aircastle Limited and Fortress
Investment Fund III LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund B) LP,
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III
(Fund D) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) LP, Fortress
Investment Fund III (Coinvestment Fund A) LP, Fortress Investment Fund
III (Coinvestment Fund B) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III
(Coinvestment Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Coinvestment
Fund D) L.P., Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP, Drawbridge
Special Opportunities Fund Ltd. and Drawbridge Global Macro Master Fund
Ltd.</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" align="right" valign="top"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></td>
<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">4</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.3*</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></div>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Memorandum of Association of the
Company</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" align="right" valign="top"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></td>
<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">4</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.4*</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></div>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amended Bye-laws of the
Company</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" align="right" valign="top"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></td>
<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">5</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.1</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></div>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Opinion of Conyers Dill &amp;
Pearman</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" align="right" valign="top"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></td>
<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">23</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.1</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></div>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young
LLP</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" align="right" valign="top"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></td>
<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">23</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.2</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></div>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Consent of Conyers Dill &amp;
Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" align="right" valign="top"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></td>
<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">24</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.1</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></div>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Power
of Attorney (included in the signature
page)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" align="right" valign="top"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></td>
<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">24</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.2</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></div>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Power of
Attorney</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" align="right" valign="top"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></td>
<td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">99</td>
<td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top">.1*</td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt;  line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; " valign="top" align="left">
<div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:0;vertical-align:bottom;">
<div style="position:absolute;overflow:visible;width:100pt;top:0;">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="1"></div>
</div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height:12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amended and Restated
Aircastle Limited 2005 Equity and Incentive
Plan</font></td>
</tr>
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</tr>
</table>
</div>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 3pt;"><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Incorporated by
reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as
amended (Registration No.  333-134669), filed with the
SEC.</font></td>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August
8,  2006
Registration No.
333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933
AIRCASTLE
LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
Bermuda
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)
98-0444035
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
c/o
Aircastle Advisor LLC
300 First Stamford Place
5
th
Floor
Stamford, Connecticut    06902
(Address of
principal executive offices)
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AIRCASTLE LIMITED 2005 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of
the plan)
David Walton,
Esq.
c/o Aircastle Advisor LLC
300 First Stamford
Place
5
th
Floor
Stamford,
Connecticut    06902
(203) 504-1020
(Name and address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
Copy
to:
Joseph A. Coco, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York
10036-6522
(212) 735-3000
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION
FEE
Title
of each class of
securities to be registered
Amount to
be
registered
(1)
Proposed maximum
offering
price per
share
Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering
price
Amount
of
registration
fee
Common
shares, par value $0.01 per
share
4,000,000
$
23.00
$
92,000,000
$
9,844
(1)
Pursuant
to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement also covers additional shares that may become
issuable under the above-named plan by reason of certain corporate
transactions or events, including any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
the registrant's outstanding shares of common
stock.
(2)
Computed in accordance
with Rule 457(h) under the Securities
Act.
Table of Contents
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This registration statement registers common shares, par
value $0.01 per share (the ''Common
Shares'') of Aircastle Limited (the
''Company'') that may be issued and sold
under the Amended and Restated Aircastle Limited 2005 Equity and
Incentive Plan (the ''Plan'').
PART
I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
Item 1.    Plan
Information.
*
Item 2.    Registrant Information
and Employee Plan Annual Information.
*
* The documents
containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent
or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the ''Securities
Act''). Such documents need not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the
''SEC'') either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following
documents previously filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference
in this registration statement:
(a)    The Company's
prospectus, dated August  7,  2006, filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act (the
''Prospectus'') which contains audited
financial statements of Aircastle Limited and its subsidiaries for the
fiscal year ended December  31,  2005;
(b)    All
other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
''Exchange Act''), since the end of the
fiscal year covered by the Prospectus; and
(c)    The
description of the Common Shares contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A dated July  25,  2006, filed with the
SEC by the Company to register such securities under the Exchange Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
registration statement, or in any other subsequently filed document
that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement.
Any statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained
in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or
supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item
4.    Description of Securities.
Not
applicable.
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Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel.
The legality of the Common Shares offered hereby
has been passed upon for the Company by Conyers Dill & Pearman,
Hamilton, Bermuda, as special Bermuda counsel.
Item
6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our bye-laws
contain a broad waiver by our shareholders of any claim or right of
action, both individually and on our behalf, against any of our
officers or directors. The waiver applies to any action taken by an
officer or director, or the failure of an officer or director to take
any action, in the performance of his or her duties, except with
respect to any matter involving any fraud or dishonesty on the part of
the officer or director. The waiver limits the right of shareholders to
assert claims against our officers and directors unless the act or
failure to act involves fraud or dishonesty. Our bye-laws also
indemnify our directors and officers in respect of their actions and
omissions, except in respect of their fraud or dishonesty. The
indemnification provided in the bye-laws is not exclusive of other
indemnification rights to which a director or officer may be entitled,
provided these rights do not extend to his or her fraud or
dishonesty.
Section 98 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda (the
''Companies Act'') provides generally that
a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors, officers and auditors
against any liability which by virtue of any rule of law otherwise
would be imposed on them in respect of any negligence, default, breach
of duty or breach of trust, except in cases where such liability arises
from fraud or dishonesty of which such director, officer or auditor may
be guilty in relation to the company. Section 98 further provides that
a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors, officers and auditors
against any liability incurred by them in defending any proceedings,
whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is awarded in their favor
or in which they are acquitted or granted relief by the Supreme Court
of Bermuda pursuant to Section 281 of the Companies Act. The registrant
maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is
provided (a) to its directors and officers against loss rising from
claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and (b)
to the registrant with respect to payments which may be made by the
registrant to such officers and directors pursuant to the above
indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law. Reference is
made to the form of Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto
for provisions providing that the Underwriters are obligated, under
certain circumstances, to indemnify the directors, certain officers and
the controlling persons of the Registrant against certain liabilities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Company has
entered into separate indemnification agreements with certain of its
directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement provides, among
other things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by
law and our bye-laws against any and all expenses, judgments, fines,
penalties and amounts paid in settlement of any claim. The
indemnification agreements provide for the advancement or payment of
all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to us if it is
found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification
under applicable law and our bye-laws.
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed
that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.
We maintain directors' and officers'
liability insurance for our officers and directors.
Item
7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
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Item 8.    Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4
.1*
Specimen
Share Certificate
4
.2*
Form of Amended and
Restated Shareholders Agreement among Aircastle Limited and Fortress
Investment Fund III LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund B) LP,
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III
(Fund D) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) LP, Fortress
Investment Fund III (Coinvestment Fund A) LP, Fortress Investment Fund
III (Coinvestment Fund B) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III
(Coinvestment Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Coinvestment
Fund D) L.P., Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP, Drawbridge
Special Opportunities Fund Ltd. and Drawbridge Global Macro Master Fund
Ltd.
4
.3*
Memorandum of Association of the
Company
4
.4*
Amended Bye-laws of the
Company
5
.1
Opinion of Conyers Dill &
Pearman
23
.1
Consent of Ernst & Young
LLP
23
.2
Consent of Conyers Dill &
Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24
.1
Power
of Attorney (included in the signature
page)
24
.2
Power of
Attorney
99
.1*
Amended and Restated
Aircastle Limited 2005 Equity and Incentive
Plan
*
Incorporated by reference to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended
(Registration No. 333-134669), filed with the SEC.
Item
9.    Undertakings.
(a)    The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes:
(1)    To file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration
statement:
(i)    To include any prospectus
required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the ''Calculation of
Registration Fee'' table in the effective registration
statement;
(iii)    To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do
not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
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(2)    That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3)    To remove from registration
by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c)    Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in City of Stamford, State of Connecticut,
on August 8,
2006.
AIRCASTLE
LIMITED
By:
/s/
Ron Wainshal
Name: Ron
Wainshal
Title:    Chief
Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each
of the undersigned officers and directors of Aircastle Limited., a
Bermuda exempted company, hereby constitutes and appoints Wesley R.
Edens, Ron Wainshal, and David Walton and each of them, severally, as
his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, in his or her name and on his or her behalf, to
sign in any and all capacities this Registration Statement and any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to
this Registration Statement and any and all applications and other
documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, with full power and authority to perform and do any and all
acts and things whatsoever which any such attorney or substitute may
deem necessary or advisable to be performed or done in connection with
any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as each of the
undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby ratifying
and approving all acts of any such attorney or substitute.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Wesley R. Edens
Chairman
of the Board of Directors
August 8,
2006
Wesley R.
Edens
/s/ Ron Wainshal
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
executive officer)
August 8,
2006
Ron
Wainshal
*
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
financial officer)
August 8,
2006
Mark
Zeidman
/s/ Aaron Dahlke
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal
accounting officer)
August 8,
2006
Aaron
Dahlke
/s/ Joseph P. Adams,
Jr.
Director
August 8,
2006
Joseph P. Adams,
Jr.
*
Director
August 8,
2006
Ronald W.
Allen
*
Director
August 8,
2006
Douglas A.
Hacker
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Signature
Title
Date
*
Director
August
8, 2006
John Z.
Kukral
*
Director
August 8,
2006
Ronald L.
Merriman
*
Director
August 8,
2006
Peter
Ueberroth
/s/ David Walton
David
Walton
* Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4
.1*
Specimen Share
Certificate
4
.2*
Form of Amended and
Restated Shareholders Agreement among Aircastle Limited and Fortress
Investment Fund III LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund B) LP,
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III
(Fund D) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) LP, Fortress
Investment Fund III (Coinvestment Fund A) LP, Fortress Investment Fund
III (Coinvestment Fund B) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III
(Coinvestment Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Coinvestment
Fund D) L.P., Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP, Drawbridge
Special Opportunities Fund Ltd. and Drawbridge Global Macro Master Fund
Ltd.
4
.3*
Memorandum of Association of the
Company
4
.4*
Amended Bye-laws of the
Company
5
.1
Opinion of Conyers Dill &
Pearman
23
.1
Consent of Ernst & Young
LLP
23
.2
Consent of Conyers Dill &
Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24
.1
Power
of Attorney (included in the signature
page)
24
.2
Power of
Attorney
99
.1*
Amended and Restated
Aircastle Limited 2005 Equity and Incentive
Plan
*
Incorporated by
reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as
amended (Registration No.  333-134669), filed with the
SEC.