EXHIBIT 32.2

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 27, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Form 10-Q”), I, Robert D. George, Chief Financial 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:  August 31, 2012	By:	/s/ Robert D. George
		Robert D. George
		Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
		Corporate Development and Secretary