Robert L. Bauman, Chief ExecutiveOfficer 

 I, Robert L. Bauman, Chief ExecutiveOfficer, certify that: 
      -   I have reviewed this annual reporton Form 10-KSB of Hickok Incorporated (the "small business issuer");   
      -   Based on my knowledge, this reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in lightof the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;   
      -   Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in thisreport, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the small businessissuer as of, and for,the periods presented in this report;   
      -   The small business issuer's othercertifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financialreporting (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer andhave:    a) Designed suchdisclosurecontrols andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures tobedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the small business issuer, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared; b) Designed such internal controls overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financialreporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordancewith generally accepted accounting principles;c) Evaluated the effectiveness ofthesmall business issuer's disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period coveredby this report based on such evaluation; andd) Disclosed in this report anychange in the small business issuer's internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the small business issuer's most recentfiscal quarter(the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of anannualreport) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomateriallyaffect, the small business issuer's internal control over financialreporting;and 
      -  The small business issuer's othercertifyingofficer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluationof internal control over financial reporting, to thesmall business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the smallbusiness issuer's board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions): 
> a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses inthe design or operation of internal control over financial reportingwhich are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small businessissuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; andb) Any fraud, whether or notmaterial, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the small business issuer's internal control overfinancialreporting.

By: 

/s/ R. L. Bauman 

R. L. Bauman 

Chief Executive Officer 

December 23, 2008