EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Quarterly Report of Esterline Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 30, 2004 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. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

    (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

    (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.

Dated:  September 10, 2004	By:	/s/ Robert W. Cremin
		Robert W. Cremin Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer