UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Thomas, Patrick L.
   Sundstrand Corporation
   4949 Harrison Avenue
   P.O. Box 7003
   Rockford,, IL  61125-7003
   U.S.A.
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Sundstrand Corporation
   SNS
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
   ###-##-####
4. Statement for Month/Year
   November 1997
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
   
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
   (specify below)
   Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Industrial
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person


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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                 |
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1. Title of Security       |2.    |3.    |4.Securities Acquired (A)         |5.Amount of        |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect       |
                           | Transaction |  or Disposed of (D)              |  Securities       |ect   |  Beneficial Ownership     |
                           |      |      |                                  |  Beneficially     |(D)or |                           |
                           |      |    | |                  | A/|           |  Owned at         |Indir |                           |
                           | Date |Code|V|    Amount        | D |    Price  |  End of Month     |ect(I)|                           |
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Common Stock               |11/18/|A(1)|V| 6,000            |A  | $.00      |46,358             |D     |---                        |
                           |97    |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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 Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                   |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con-  |3.   |4.    |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount  |8.Price|9.Number    |10.|11.Nature of|
  Security            |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and|  of Underlying     |of Deri|of Deriva   |Dir|Indirect    |
                      |or Exer |     |      | rities Acqui  |Expiration |  Securities        |vative |tive        |ect|Beneficial  |
                      |cise    |     |      | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/|                    |Secu   |Securities  |(D)|Ownership   |
                      |Price of|     |      | posed of(D)   |Day/Year)  |                    |rity   |Benefi      |or |            |
                      |Deriva- |     |      |               |Date |Expir|                    |       |ficially    |Ind|            |
                      |tive    |     |      |           | A/|Exer-|ation|   Title and Number |       |Owned at    |ire|            |
                      |Secu-   |     |    | |           | D |cisa-|Date |   of Shares        |       |End of      |ct |            |
                      |rity    |Date |Code|V|  Amount   |   |ble  |     |                    |       |Month       |(I)|            |
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Employee Nonqualified |$51.3125|11/18|A(2)|V|30,000     |A  |(2)  |11/18|Common Stock|30,000 |       |71,750(2)   |D  |---         |
Stock Option (Right to|        |/97  |    | |           |   |     |/97  |            |       |       |            |   |            |
 Buy)w/Tandem Withhold|        |     |    | |           |   |     |     |            |       |       |            |   |            |
ing Right             |        |     |    | |           |   |     |     |            |       |       |            |   |            |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)Award of restricted Common Stock under the Company's Stock Incentive Plan in 
transaction exempt under 
Rule 
16b-3(d).
(2)Grant to Reporting Person of option to buy Common Stock under the Company's 
Stock Incentive Plan in 
transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3(d).  Options become exercisable at a rate 
of 25% of each grant on the 
second through fifth anniversary dates of November 18, 1997.  The tax 
withholding right permits a participant to 
elect, subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee, to satisfy the 
withholding requirement, in whole or 
in part, by having the Company withhold shares equal to the tax.  Of the 
remaining 41,750 options, 2,250 first 
became exercisable on each of December 1, 1995, and December 1, 1996, and 2,250 
options will become 
exercisable on December 1, 1997, all with an exercise price of $19.3125; 2,500 
options first became exercisable 
on November 15, 1996, and November 15, 1997, and 2,500 options will become 
exercisable on each of 
November 15, 1998, and November 15, 1999, all with an exercise price of 
$22.375; and 6,250 options will 
become exercisable on each of November 19, 1998, November 19, 1999, November 
19, 2000, and November 19, 
2001, all with an exercise price of $38.9375.  All of the nonexercisable stock 
options, in the event of a "Change 
in Control" as defined in the Plan under which they were granted, may become 
immediately exercisable unless 
specifically prohibited by the terms of applicable 
law.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
Patrick L. Thomas