Exhibit 31.1 RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER
  Robert L. Bauman, Chief Executive
Officer I, Robert L. Bauman, Chief Executive
Officer, certify that: I have reviewed this annual report
on Form 10-KSB of Hickok Incorporated (the "small business issuer");
  Based on my knowledge, this report
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
  Based on my knowledge, the
financial statements, and other financial information included in this
report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business
issuer as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;
  The small business issuer's other
certifying
officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and
have:
    a) Designed such
disclosure
controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to
be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared; 
b) Designed such internal controls over
financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of
the
small business issuer's disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any
change in the small business issuer's internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's most recent
fiscal quarter
(the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual
report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially
affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial
reporting;
and
  The small business issuer's other
certifying
officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
of internal control over financial reporting, to the
small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small
business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business
issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the small business issuer's internal control over
financial
reporting. By: /s/ R. L. Bauman R. L. Bauman Chief Executive Officer January 20, 2009