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September 3, 2021
CUSIP NO. 970646 10 5	Page 2 of 7 Pages

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	CFW Partners, L.P. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). 68-0392529
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO, PF
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			0
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			2,134,148
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			2,134,148
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	2,134,148
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	32.16%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	PN

September 3, 2021
CUSIP NO. 970646 10 5	Page 3 of 7 Pages

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	Charles F. Willis, IV I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO, PF
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	United States of America
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			871,271
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			2,141,550
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			639,938
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			1 ,910,217
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	3,012,821
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	45.39%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	IN

September 3, 2021
CUSIP NO. 970646 10 5	Page 4 of 7 Pages

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	Austin Chandler Willis I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO, PF
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	United States of America
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			101,363
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			660,895
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			65,364
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	762,258
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	11.49%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	IN

The Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2000 (the “Initial 13D”) by CFW Partners, the Trust and Mr. Charles F. Willis, IV with respect to the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), issued by Willis Lease Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), as amended on August 28, 2013, October 1, 2013, July 7, 2015, December 23, 2015, March 23, 2016, May 20, 2016, June 8, 2016, October 6, 2016, April 4, 2018, September 13, 2018, April 1, 2019, June 27, 2019, September 16, 2019, November 4, 2019, February 10, 2020, March 10, 2020, March 16, 2020, April 6, 2020, August 26, 2020, September 17, 2020, March 16, 2021, March 23, 2021, June 25, 2021, and August 11, 2021 (together with the Initial 13D, the “13D”), is hereby amended as set forth below.  Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the 13D.

Item 4 of the 13D is hereby amended to add the following:

On September 3, 2021, the Issuer redeemed 121,986 outstanding Shares, which reduced the total amount of Shares issued and outstanding to 6,636,926.  This resulted in an increase in Charles F. Willis, IV’s beneficial ownership by more than 1% since Amendment No. 24, thereby triggering this Amendment No. 25 pursuant to Rule 13d-2(a).

Except as set forth in this Item 4, the Reporting Persons do not have any plans or proposals with respect to any of the actions specified in Item 4 of the 13D.

Item 5 of the 13D is hereby amended to add the following:

(a) As of September 3, 2021, the Reporting Persons beneficially owned the following Shares:

(b) As of September 3, 2021, the Reporting Persons had the power to vote, dispose of or direct the vote or disposition of the following Shares:

CFW Partners:
Sole Voting Power			0
Shared Voting Power			2,134,148
Sole Dispositive Power			0
Shared Dispositive Power			2,134,148
Total beneficially owned			2,134,148

Item 7.

Materials to be Filed as Exhibits

1.	Joint Filing Agreement

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete, and correct.