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/A for the period ended April 29, 2005
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"FORM 10-Q/A"), I, Robert D. George, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      (1) The Form 10-Q/A 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/A fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

Dated: January 6, 2006              By: /s/ Robert D. George
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                                                     Robert D. George
                                        Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
                                                    Secretary and Treasurer