|EXHIBIT 32.1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|In connection with the Quarterly Report of Esterline Technologies Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended January 27, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Form 10-Q"), I, Robert W. Cremin, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
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|(1)   The Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|(2)   The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|Dated: March 6, 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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