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UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549


SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 2 )*

Esterline Technologies Corp.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
(Name of Issuer)


Common Stock
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
(Title of Class of Securities)


29742510
- --------------
(CUSIP NUMBER)

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement.[ ]  (A
fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement 
on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the 
class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment 
subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less 
of such class.)  (See Rule 13d-7).

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of 
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which 
would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be 
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that 
section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act 
(however, see the Notes).
 

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CUSIP NO. 29742510                  13G

1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* Joint Filing 

(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]

3. SEC USE ONLY

4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     
Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

5. SOLE VOTING POWER

NONE

6. SHARED VOTING POWER

350,600

7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

NONE

8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

350,600

9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

350,600

10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

5.3%

12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

HC, CO

    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILING OUT!

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CUSIP NO.    29742510               13G

1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Merrill Lynch Group, Inc.

2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* Joint Filing

(a) [ ]                                       
(b) [ ]

3. SEC USE ONLY

4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     
Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

5. SOLE VOTING POWER

NONE

6. SHARED VOTING POWER

350,600

7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

NONE

8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

350,600

9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

350,600

10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

5.3%

12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

HC, CO

    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILING OUT!

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CUSIP NO.    29742510               13G

1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Princeton Services, Inc.

2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* Joint Filing

(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]

3. SEC USE ONLY

4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     
Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

5. SOLE VOTING POWER

NONE

6. SHARED VOTING POWER

350,600

7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

NONE

8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

350,600

9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

350,600

10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

5.3%

12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

HC, CO

    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILING OUT!

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CUSIP NO.   29742510                13G

1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Fund Asset Management, L.P.

2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* Joint Filing 

(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]

3. SEC USE ONLY

4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

5. SOLE VOTING POWER

NONE

6. SHARED VOTING POWER

350,600

7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

NONE

8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

350,600

9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

350,600

10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

5.3%

12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

IA, PN

    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILING OUT!

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CUSIP NO.   29742510                13G

1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

Merrill Lynch Phoenix Fund, Inc.

2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* Joint Filing 

(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]

3. SEC USE ONLY

4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Maryland

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

5. SOLE VOTING POWER

NONE

6. SHARED VOTING POWER

350,600

7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

NONE

8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

350,600

9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

350,600

10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

5.3%

12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

IA, PN

    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILING OUT!


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                    SCHEDULE 13G


ITEM 1 (a)  Name of Issuer:
            --------------

            Esterline Technologies Corp.

ITEM 1 (b)  Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
            -----------------------------------------------

            10800 North East 8th St.
            Suite 600
            Bellevue, WA  98004
            

ITEM 2 (a)  Name of Persons Filing:
            ---------------------

            Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
            Merrill Lynch Group, Inc..
            Princeton Services, Inc.
            Fund Asset Management, L.P.
            Merrill Lynch Phoenix Fund, Inc.

ITEM 2 (b)  Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:
            -----------------------------------------------------------
                
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
World Financial Center, North Tower
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York  10281

Merrill Lynch Group, Inc.
World Financial Center, North Tower
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York  10281

Princeton Services, Inc.
800 Scudders Mill Road
Plainsboro, New Jersey  08536

Fund Asset Management, L.P.
800 Scudders Mill Road
Plainsboro, New Jersey  08536

Merrill Lynch Phoenix Fund, Inc.
800 Scudders Mill Road
Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536

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ITEM 2 (c)  Citizenship:
            -----------

See Item 4 of Cover Pages

ITEM 2 (d)  Title of Class of Securities:
            ----------------------------

Common Stock

ITEM 2 (e)  CUSIP NUMBER:
                
29742510

ITEM 3          
   
   Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ("ML&Co."), Merrill Lynch Group, Inc. ("ML
Group") and Princeton Services, Inc. ("PSI") are parent holding companies, in
accordance with (S) 240.13d-1(b) (ii) (G). Fund Asset Management, L.P.
(d/b/a) Fund Asset Management ("FAM") is an investment adviser registered
(S) 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  

 
ITEM 4  Ownership
        --------- 

(a)  Amount Beneficially Owned:
             
   See Item 9 of Cover Pages.  Pursuant to (S) 240.13d-4, ML&Co., ML Group, 
PSI, FAM and the Fund (the "Reporting Persons") disclaim beneficial ownership
of the securities of Esterline Technologies Corp. (the "Company") referred to 
herein, and the filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an 
admission that the Reporting Persons are, for the purposes of Section 13(d) 
or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the beneficial owner of any 
securities of the Company covered by this statement.


(b)  Percent of Class:

     See Item 11 of Cover Pages

(c)  Number of shares as to which such person has:

     (i)  sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
                 
          See Item 5 of Cover Pages
                 
    (ii)  shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

          See Item 6 of the Cover Pages

   (iii)  sole power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of:
                            
          See Item 7 of Cover Pages

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    (iv)  share power to dispose of or direct the disposition of:

          See Item 8 of Cover Pages
                        
ITEM 5  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
        --------------------------------------------

Not Applicable

ITEM 6  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
        ---------------------------------------------------------------

  
  FAM is an investment adviser  registered under Section 203 of the 
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and acts as an investment adviser to investment
companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. 
With respect to securities held by those investment companies, several persons
have the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from
or the proceeds from the sale of, such securities.  Merrill Lynch Phoenix Fund,
Inc. a reporting person on this Schedule 13G for which FAM serves as investment
adviser, has an interest that relates to more than 5% of the class of 
securities reported herein.  No other person has an interes that relates to 
more than 5% of the class of securities reported herein.


ITEM 7   Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which 
         ---------------------------------------------------------
  Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------

See Exhibit A

ITEM 8   Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
         ----------------------------------------------------------

Not Applicable


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ITEM 9  Notice of Dissolution of Group.
        ------------------------------

Not Applicable

ITEM 10  Certification
         -------------

    By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of
their knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in
the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do
not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such
securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having such purpose or effect.

Signature.
- ---------

    After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, each 
of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.


Date:  February 10, 1995


Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc.

/s/ David L. Dick
- ----------------------------
Name: David L. Dick
Title:  Assistant Secretary


Merrill Lynch Group, Inc.

/s/ David L. Dick
- -----------------------------
Name: David L. Dick
Title:  Secretary


Princeton Services, Inc.  

/s/ David L. Dick
- -----------------------------
Name:  David L. Dick
Title:  Attorney-In-Fact*


- ------------------------------------
* Signed pursuant to a power of attorney, dated February 10, 1994, included as 
an Exhibit to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
by Merrill Lynch Group, Inc. et. al. on February 14, 1994 with respect to Dial 
REIT Inc.


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Fund Asset Management, L.P.
By: Princeton Services, Inc. (General Partner)

/s/ David L. Dick
- -------------------------
Name: David L. Dick
Title: Attorney-In-Fact**


Merrill Lynch Phoenix Fund, Inc.

/s/ David L.Dick
- --------------------------
Name: David L. Dick
Title: Attorney-in-Fact**
 
 
* Signed pursuant to a power of attorney, dated February 10, 1994, included 
as an Exhibit to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
by Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc. et. al. on February 14, 1994 with respect 
to Dial REIT Inc.


** Signed pursuant to a power of attorney, dated February 10, 1994, included as
an Exhibit to this Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. et. al. on February 14, 1994 with 
respect to Matrix Service Company.


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                        EXHIBIT A TO SCHEDULE 13G
                        -------------------------

                    ITEM 7 DISCLOSURE RESPECTING SUBSIDIARIES
                    -----------------------------------------

   Three of the persons filing this report, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a
Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at World Financial
Center, North Tower,  250 Vesey Street, New York, New York ("ML&Co."), Merrill
Lynch Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business
at World Financial Center, North Tower, 250 Vesey Street, New York, New York 
("ML Group"), and Princeton Services, Inc. a Delaware corporation with its 
principal place of business at 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, New Jersey,
("PSI") are parent holding companies pursuant to (S)240 13d-1(b) (1) (ii) (G).
Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, the relevant 
subsidiaries of Merrill  Lynch & Co. are ML Group and PSI, which is 
the general partner of Fund Asset Management, L.P. (d/b/a) Fund Asset 
Management ("FAM").  The relevant subsidiary of Merrill Lynch Group is PSI.

    ML Group, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of ML&Co., may be deemed to be 
the beneficial owner of 5.3% of the common stock of Esterline Technologies, 
Inc. (the "Company") by virtue of its control of its wholly-owned subsidiary, 
PSI.

    PSI, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of ML Group, may be deemed to be the
beneficial owner of 5.3% of the common stock of the Company by virtue
of its being the general partner of FAM.

    FAM, a Delaware limited partnership with its principal place of business
at 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, New Jersey, is an investment adviser
registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  FAM may
be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 5.3% of the common stock of
the Company by virtue of its acting as investment adviser to investment 
companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
    One registered investment company advised by FAM, Merrill Lynch Phoenix 
Fund, Inc. is the beneficial owner of 5.3% of the common stock of the Company.

    Pursuant to (S)240.13d-4, ML & Co., ML Group, PSI, FAM, and the Fund
disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities of the Company, and 
the filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission that 
any such entity is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the beneficial owner of any securities of
the Company. 




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