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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 quarterly 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 quarterly 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 quarterly 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)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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 quarterly report is
being prepared;

                  (b) designed such internal control over financial reporting,
or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principals;

                  (c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures,


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as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluations;
and

                  (d) 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

        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 controls over financial information.


      Date:  November 4, 2003



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