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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

              CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
                      RULE 13a-14(a)/Rule 15d-14(a) OF THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

I, Dominick A. Pagano, President and Chief Executive Officer of EDAC
Technologies Corporation, certify that:

      1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of EDAC
Technologies Corporation;

      2.    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;

      3.    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 registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

      4.    The registrant'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)) for the registrant 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 registrant, 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)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented 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 evaluations; and

            (c)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting; and

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

      5.    The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant'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 registrant'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 registrant's internal
control over financial reporting.

      Date: May 4, 2004

                                     /s/Dominick A. Pagano
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                                     Dominick A. Pagano
                                       President and Chief Executive
                                       Officer