<ARTICLE> 5
                                                          Exhibit 27.9
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains the restatement of summary financial information
previously extracted from Textron Inc.'s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of
March 29, 1997 and Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months
ended March 29, 1997, previously filed electronically with the Commission.
The aforementioned financial statements were not required to be
restated in the Company's Annual Report on Form 8-K dated October 6, 1998.
</LEGEND>
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