**Exhibit 12.1**

 

**DeCrane Aircraft Holdings, Inc.**

**Computation of Earnings to Fixed ChargesRatios**

 
|                                                                                                                          |   | **Year Ended  December 31,** |       |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------|------------|
|                                                                                                                          |   |                         |       |   |   |   |   |   |   | **1998** |   |
| **(Dollars in thousands)**                                                                                                    |   | **2002**                     | ** ** | **2001** | ** ** | **2000** | ** ** | **1999** | ** ** | **Four  Months  Ended  December 31,  1998** | ** ** | **Eight  Months  Ended  August 31,  1998** | ** ** |
|                                                                                                                          |   |                         |       |   | ** ** | **(Successor)** | ** ** |   | ** ** |   | ** ** | **(Predecessor)** | ** ** |
| **Earnings:**                                                                                                                 |   |                         |       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Income (loss) before provision for income  taxes, cumulative effect of change in accounting principle and extraordinary  item |   | $                            | (8,482     | ) | $ | (12,814 | ) | $ | 9,884 |   | $ | (3,418 | ) | $ | (2,992 | ) | $ | 6,081 |   |
| Minority interest in income of subsidiary  with fixed charges                                                                 |   | 215                          |       | 148 |   | 228 |   | 197 |   | 82 |   | 48 |   |
| Fixed charges                                                                                                                 |   | 35,357                       |       | 40,410 |   | 42,923 |   | 29,123 |   | 7,217 |   | 3,117 |   |
| Total earnings                                                                                                                |   | $                            | 27,090     |   | $ | 27,744 |   | $ | 53,035 |   | $ | 25,902 |   | $ | 4,307 |   | $ | 9,246 |   |
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| **Fixed Charges:**                                                                                                            |   |                         |       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest expense, including amortization of  debt discounts and issuance costs(1)                                             |   | $                            | 33,894     |   | $ | 39,001 |   | $ | 41,623 |   | $ | 27,918 |   | $ | 6,852 |   | $ | 2,350 |   |
| Interest component of rentals(2)                                                                                              |   | 1,463                        |       | 1,409 |   | 1,300 |   | 1,205 |   | 365 |   | 767 |   |
| Total fixed charges                                                                                                           |   | $                            | 35,357     |   | $ | 40,410 |   | $ | 42,923 |   | $ | 29,123 |   | $ | 7,217 |   | $ | 3,117 |   |
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| **Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges:**                                                                                       |   |                         |       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Ratio                                                                                                                         |   | —                       |       | — |   | 1.2 | x | — |   | — |   | 3.0 | x |
| Deficiency                                                                                                                    |   | $                            | 8,267      |   | $ | 12,666 |   | $ | — |   | $ | 3,221 |   | $ | 2,910 |   | $ | — |   |

 

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(1)                      None capitalized.

(2)                      Reflects one-third of rental expense underoperating leases considered to represent interest costs.

 

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