EXHIBIT 10.36a

# Esterline Technologies
Corporation2004 Equity Incentive Plan

# STOCK OPTION AWARD

Esterline
Technologies Corporation(the Company) has granted Participant an
Option to purchase shares of the Companys Common Stock, subject to all terms and
conditions set forth in this Award, in the Stock Option Agreement, and in the 2004 Equity
Incentive Plan.

|Participant:                        |  |                                                                                                                  
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|Grant Date:                         |  |                                                                                                                  
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|Vesting Commencement Date:          |  |                                                                                                                  
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|Number of Shares Subject to Option: |  |                                                                                                                  
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|Exercise Price (per share):         |  |                                                                                                                  
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|Option Expiration Date (maximum):   |  | The tenth anniversary of the Grant Date                                                                          
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|Type of Option:                     |  | Nonqualified Stock Option                                                                                        
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|Vesting and Exercise Schedule:      |  | One-fourth of the shares will vest annually on the
anniversary of the Grant Date and become eligible forexercise.

Award Terms & Agreement:Participant acknowledges s/he has received this Award, the Stock Option Agreement, and
the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, which together constitute the Award Terms and
Conditions. Participant has carefully read those documents and understands them.
Participant accepts the Award Terms and Conditions as the entire understanding between
himself/herself and the Company regarding this Option. Participant has not relied on any
statement or promise other than the Award Terms and Conditions. Participant agrees the
Award Terms and Conditions supersede all prior oral and written agreements regarding this
Option.

|Esterline Technologies Corporation                                           |  | Participant 
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|By:                                                                          |  |             
|                                                                             |  | Signature   
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|Its:  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
        Secretary & Treasurer |  |             
|                                                                             |  | Printed name
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|Date:                                                                        |  | Date:       

Attachments:
Stock Option Agreement              
        2004 Equity Incentive Plan

Stock Option AwardRev. November 2004



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# Esterline Technologies
Corporation2004 Equity Incentive
Plan

# STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Pursuant
to your Stock Option Award and to this Stock Option Agreement, Esterline Technologies
Corporation has granted you an Option under its 2004 Equity Incentive Plan to purchase the
number of shares of the Companys Common Stock stated in the Award at the exercise
price stated in the Award. Some other details of the Option are as follows:

1.       
          Vesting and Exercise.  The Option will vest in quarterly increments over
          four years, as outlined in the Award and subject to limitations stated below and
          in the Plan. Only vested options are eligible for exercise. You must remain
          continuously employed by the Company through each vesting date.

2.       
          Method of Exercise.  To exercise the Option, you must give written notice
          to the Company stating your decision to exercise the Option and the number of
          shares you want to purchase. With the notice you must send full payment of the
          exercise price. You may make this payment by:

|(a) |  | cash;
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|(b) |  | check acceptable to the Company;
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|(c) |  | tendering shares of the Companys Common Stock you have owned for at least six months;
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|(d) |  | broker-assisted cashless exercise according to procedures approved by the Committee; or,
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|(e) |  | by any other method the Committee permits.
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3.Taxes
and Other Deductions.  As a condition to exercise, you must                make
such arrangements as the Company may require to satisfy any federal, state,
               local, or foreign tax withholding obligations, and any retirement
contribution                obligations that might arise in connection with such
exercise.

4.Legal
Compliance.  Option exercise must comply with the Securities Act and
               with all other applicable laws and regulations. You may not exercise the
Option                if the Company determines the exercise would not comply.

5.Option
Expiration Date.  Any unvested portion of the Option will expire
               automatically and without further notice on termination of your employment
with                the Company (Termination of Service). Except in the case
of                Termination of Service for Cause, you may exercise the vested portion
of the                Option as follows:

|(a) |  | General
Rule. You must exercise the vested portion of the Option on or                before
the earlier of: (i) three months after your Termination of Service,
               or (ii) the Option Expiration Date.
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|(b) |  | Retirement, Disability, or Death. If your Termination of Service is due
               to Retirement, Disability, or death, you must exercise the vested portion of the
               Option on or before the earlier of: (i) three years after your Termination
               of Service, or (ii) the Option Expiration Date. If you die after
               Termination of Service but while the Option is otherwise eligible
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Stock Option AgreementRev. November 2004



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| |  | for exercise,
               it may be exercised until the earlier of: (i) one year following your death, or
               (ii) the Option Expiration Date.
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|(c) |  | Cause. The entire Option will automatically expire, whether vested or
               unvested, when you first receive notice from the Company of Termination of
               Service for Cause. If the Company suspends your employment pending
               investigation, all your rights under the Option also will be suspended during
               the period of investigation. Further, the Committee may immediately terminate
               any Option if it discovers facts after your Termination of Service that if known
               earlier would have constituted grounds for Termination of Service for Cause.
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It
is your responsibility to be aware of the date the Option expires.

6.       
          Limited Transfer.  During your lifetime only you can exercise the Option.
          You cannot transfer the Option except by will or by the applicable laws of
          descent and distribution. The Plan provides for Option exercise by a beneficiary
          you designate on a Company-approved form, or by the personal representative of
          your estate. Nevertheless, the Committee has discretion to permit you to assign
          or transfer the Option as an exception to these rules, subject to such terms and
          conditions as they might specify.

7.       
          No Affect on Employment Terms.  Nothing in these Award Terms and
          Conditions has any affect on the terms of your employment with the Company. Your
          employment terms are determined by Company policy, and by the terms of any
          employment contract to which you might be party. These Award Terms and
          Conditions create no rights to continued employment, nor do they limit the
          discretion the Company would otherwise have to terminate your employment, with
          or without Cause.

8.       
          No Right to Damages.  Nothing in these Award Terms and Conditions gives
          you a right to receive damages for any portion of the Option that you might lose
          due to Company or Committee decisions. The loss of potential profit from the
          Award will not constitute an element of damages for Termination of Service for
          any reason, even if such Termination violates an obligation the Company owes
          you.

9.       
          Definitions.  All references to employment in this Agreement
          include other types of service relationships you might have with the Company as
          an Eligible Person, as that term is defined in the Plan. All
          references to the Company include a Related Company, as
          that term is defined in the Plan. In other respects, words used in this
          Agreement will be interpreted according to the definitions given here, in the
          Award, or in the Plan. On any issues of interpretation, Plan definitions and the
          Committees decisions will be final and binding.

10.       
          Binding Effect.  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of the
          successors and assigns of the Company and be binding on you and your heirs,
          executors, administrators, successors, and assigns.

Stock Option AgreementRev. November 2004



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