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<LEGEND>
The Schedule Contains Summary Financial Information Extracted from the Esterline
Technologies Corporation Consolidated Balance Sheet at October 31, 1998 and the
Related Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year then Ended and is
Qualified in its Entirety by Reference to Such Financial Statements.
</LEGEND>
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