EXHIBIT 10.19b[Esterline logo]

Personal & Confidential

February 9, 2005

Richard Wood10 Boxgrove
RoadGuildford  GU1 2LXUnited Kingdom

Re: Promotion to Group
Vice President

Dear Richard:

Richard, this is to confirm our offer
of promotion to the position of Esterline Group Vice President.

Scope & reporting
relationship.  As Group Vice President you will have senior-level leadership and
oversight responsibility for the operations and financial results of certain Esterline
subsidiary companies assigned to you. Your initial assignments will be for the companies
that currently comprise Esterline Sensors. Other assignments will be forthcoming as your
general orientation, work capacity, and business circumstances allow.

You will also be an officer of the
corporation. That role will require you to work closely with me, the other officers, and
corporate staff to lead, develop, and maintain the most effective strategies and business
processes we can to ensure Esterlines success. In addition, you will have legal
obligations and authority similar to that with which you are familiar as a director in the
U.K. Our corporate secretary and corporate counsel will provide you further information as
part of your orientation.

You will continue to report directly
to Larry Kring, who has accepted a promotion to the role of Senior Group Vice President.
As such, I have asked Larry to take chief responsibility for training new group vice
presidents, for general supervision, and for formalizing key job processes.

Compensation.  
          As a corporate officer, Esterlines Board of Directors, at their
          discretion, will establish all your compensation. Normally the Board reviews
          officer compensation on an annual basis, and makes various changes to plan
          designs, performance goals, and amounts based on professional consulting advice,
          on management recommendations, and on the corporations general business
          conditions. The Board has authorized the following for you:



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| | Salary.  We will pay your base salary at the rate of $265,000.00 per year gross, subject
                    to various mandatory tax deductions, and to certain withholding for fringe
                    benefits, as outlined below. This new rate will take effect retroactively as of
                    your normal review date, January 1, 2005.1
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| | Annual
Incentive Compensation.  You will also participate in Esterlines Annual Incentive
Compensation Plan effective for full fiscal year 2005 at a target award of 35% of base
salary. A copy of the FY05 Annual IC Plan is enclosed for your information.
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| | Long
Term Incentive Plan.  As you are aware, the Board is developing a new Long Term
Incentive Plan for corporate officers. Thus we do not yet have one in place for 2005.
Under our previous plan, your target award level would have been $90,000.00 per year. I
strongly doubt the Board will reduce that amount, although I cannot promise anything until
they make a final decision. What is certain is that you will be a participant. I expect
the Board to approve the new LTIP in their March meeting, although it could go longer. If
you would like further information about the draft plan, please do not hesitate to ask me
or Marcia Greenberg.
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| | Stock
Options.  Contingent on your acceptance of this offer, the Board has authorized a
future grant of 25,000 options on Esterline stock under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan to
take effect at the closing price as of the first day of your appointment (see below). We
will provide you a Certificate of Grant at that time.
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| | Retirement
Benefits.  We will provide annual retirement credits equal to 18% of your base salary.
For 2005, Esterline will contribute this amount to your group personal pension plan.
Beginning in 2006, an amount approximately equal to 8.7% of your base salary will accrue
in our two tax-qualified U.S. retirement plans: the pension plan and the 401(k) savings
plan. This figure assumes you will contribute at least 6% of your gross pay to the 401(k)
plan, which will effect the maximum company match on those funds. We will deposit the
balance of the annual 18% retirement benefit in pounds sterling in your U.K. group
personal pension plan using the exchange rate reported in the Wall Street Journal on the
last day of calendar 2005 on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. We
will also will add to your normal paycheck an appropriate additional amount in tax
assistance (gross-up) on the portion of your
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1 Administratively, this
letter authorizes Westons controller to convert your new salary rate into pounds
sterling at todays exchange rate, and to give it retroactive effect as of January 1.

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| | retirement
funding that would be considered excess and would not qualify for preferred
tax treatment under U.S. law. Note, that because of this arrangement for retirement
funding in the U.K., you will not participate in our U.S. Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan as provided for the other officers.
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| | We
will reconsider the specifics of these arrangements annually, with the general intention
of leaving the total contribution rate at 18% of your base salary, and of giving first
priority to maximizing contributions to our U.S. plans.
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| | Health
Care & Other Fringe Benefits.  Later this year when you move your residence and
office to the U.S.  and consistent with your familys convenience and
relocation schedule  we will give you an opportunity to enroll in Esterlines
U.S. medical plan, and in other fringe benefit programs as generally offered to corporate
office employees.2
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| | Car.   You will also receive a car allowance under Esterlines Vehicle Allowance
                    policy, a copy of which is enclosed. The amount of the allowance depends on
                    typical costs for the purchase, operating, maintenance, and insurance of a
                    vehicle in your residential area (zip code). For this first year, we will use
                    Esterlines office address for purposes of computing your allowance. It
                    will be approximately $650 to $700 per month.
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| | Change
in Control Agreement.  As an officer, you will also receive our usual change of control
protection agreement, which would pay three times your average total cash compensation
should you lose your position due to a change in corporate control. We are currently
consulting with corporate counsel on a restatement of our standard form of agreement, so
this subject will remain pending until they complete that task.
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| | Vacation.   When you transfer to the Esterline U.S. payroll, we will transfer any holiday
                    entitlement you might have accrued and available in the U.K. Your future accrual
                    will be at the rate of four weeks per year, subject to a maximum limit as
                    explained in our Corporate Staff Handbook, enclosed.
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| | Severance
Protection.  Lastly, in consideration of the personal risk you are taking to relocate
to the U.S., enclosed is a severance protection agreement that generally provides income
continuation for one year should you be removed
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2 You will remain on the
Weston payroll for the next several months until you move your residence to the U.S.,
likely in the late summer or early fall.

ConfidentialR. WoodFebruary 9, 2005
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| | from
executive employment with Esterline for reasons other than a change in corporate control.
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Relocation.  
          In general, we expect you and your family will maintain your residence in
          England for another several months until the school year ends and you can make
          satisfactory arrangements to move your household to the States. During this
          period, your main office will continue to be at Weston Aerospace, although you
          will likely come to the U.S. on short business trips, as needed. While here, we
          will treat your living expenses as reimbursable business travel costs under our
          usual policy.

| | Household
move.  You will be entitled to the benefits of our corporate relocation policy, which
we will adapt within reason to fit your international move. The policy provides
reimbursement for costs you will incur in shipping household goods, and for temporary
living expenses for you and your family. Please contact Suzanne Farraj for assistance with
shipping arrangements.
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| | With
respect to real estate transaction costs, we will reimburse your actual costs attributable
to the sale of your house in the U.K. up to a maximum of £100,000. We will also
reimburse your actual transaction costs incurred in buying a house in the U.S. to the
extent they are customary and reasonable. Considering the cost of living stipend provided
below, we will not reimburse other incidental move-in costs listed as Allowable
Miscellaneous Expenses on policy Attachment C.
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| | Consultant.   We have also engaged an international relocation consultant at Esterlines
                    expense to help orient you and your family to the local area.
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| | Cost
of Living.   As a temporary measure, we will provide you with a declining cost of living
stipend for your first two years here. The stipend is intended to cover one-time costs you
will incur when settling in (small appliances, window coverings, etc.), and to account for
the difficulty of being an efficient purchaser in a new location. The stipend
will begin in June 2005 at the rate of $1,000 gross per month through May 2006. In June
2006, it will decrease to $500 per month, and will end in May 2007.
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| | Income
Taxes.  For tax years in which you have tax reporting obligations in the U.S. and the
U.K., Esterline will pay reasonable costs for personal tax advice and tax return
preparation services for you, similar to arrangements we make for expatriate employees.
Our tax advisors will compute taxes due under U.S. laws, for which you will bear
responsibility. The corporation will fund any additional tax liability that might be due
in the U.K. on your income for those years, offset by tax help we have already provided as
outlined above with respect to your retirement benefits.
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| | Immigration.   Esterline will pay reasonable attorneys fees and processing fees to
                    obtain appropriate work authorization for you in the U.S., and to renew or
                    change your immigration status as needed in the future.
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# Other Terms.

| | Hire & Appointment Dates.  We will continue to recognize February 14, 1994 as your
original hire date. Your appointment as a Group Vice President and corporate officer will
take effect today, February 9, 2005.
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| | U.K. Service Agreement & Appointment.
  This letter will supersede and
                    replace your Service Agreement with Angelchance Limited dated January 21, 2004,
                    except those provisions that continue in effect by their own terms. By your
                    signature below, you also agree to execute such further documents in the U.K. as
                    are necessary to cancel that Service Agreement, and to resign from or modify
                    your status in Esterline subsidiary companies in which you currently hold
                    various positions.
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| | Future
Changes.  This new position and its terms fit the corporations needs well, as I
can best foresee them. Nevertheless, the companys growth, its future business
challenges, and certain leadership succession decisions could result in a different
executive assignment and a different title for you in the future. In short, the corporate
organization is evolving fairly rapidly and with limited predictability. Thus Esterline
reserves the right to reassign you and change your title as the Board and I determine is
best. If I see a change developing that could affect your role, I will certainly speak to
you about it as early as I reasonably can, and solicit your ideas.
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| | General
Policies.  As is standard here in the U.S., this offer includes and is contingent on
satisfactory completion of: an Invention Agreement, Summary of Outside Interests, and a
physical examination. Please work with Suzanne Farraj to schedule your physical. Except as
specifically provided in this letter, other aspects of your employment will be the same as
those that apply to other officers and corporate staff.
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Richard, the other officers and I
have all enjoyed working with you, and we look forward to continuing and strengthening
those relationships in your new position. I believe you will find the work here
challenging and diverse, with opportunity for continued career growth benefits for you and
your family. Congratulations on your well-earned success.

ConfidentialR. WoodFebruary 9, 2005
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To accept this offer, please sign the
duplicate copy together with the various materials enclosed, and return them all to
Suzanne Farraj.

Best regards,

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|/s/ Robert W. Cremin                                            |  | 
|Robert W. CreminPresident, Chairman, & 
Chief Executive Officer |  | 

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Accepted:

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|/s/ Richard Wood |  | February 23, 2005
|Richard Wood     |  | Date             

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|Enclosures: |  | Duplicate offer letterAnnual Incentive Plan
Vehicle Allowance (U.S.) policyRelocation policy & reimbursement agreementSeverance Protection Agreement
Corporate Staff HandbookInvention AgreementSummary of Outside InterestsExecutive physical form

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