anybody work for northrop, or in newport news

[supercrawlerfreak]

Hey all I live out here in so cal, but I just got accepted to the Apprentice School that Northrop Grummin owns in Newport News and I should be headin out there later this year, so I just wanted to see if there were any fellow crawlers workin there or in the area"thumbsup"

[lukebuffington]

your in luck, there are a good bit of us around here. a few great hobby shops in the area and one has an indoor crawl track they are building and another has an outdoor they are working on as well!

[chvy4wd]

There is acually a good place to crawl right up the street from the shipyard. Its called huntington beach and there are plenty of rocks right next to the boat ramp to crawl on. It is at the foot of the james river bridge on the newport news side.

[supercrawlerfreak]

well ill be out there from june 3rd to june 7th if anybody wants to meet up and show us around, it would be coll to talk to someone who knows the area

[swell searcher]

congrats on the apprentice job... i can't show you around in june but VARCOR will be having events during your time at the school. and like chvy said, there are a few spots near you. may not be socal style, but the right coast holds it own!!!

[J Mann]

Dude just read your post. I work for Northrop. What dept. are you in? I am new to the crawling scene and am working on an AX10. Need a place to test. Any ideas where?"thumbsup"

[VALadyRose]

My boyfriend and I work for NG as contractors. He has the new AX10 he looking put through some paces. Who ever recommended Huntington Beach great idea. I hadnt thought of there. If anyone else is looking to head out there we would be in meeting up.

[crashnburn69]

i live in newport news should gtg some time

[J Mann]

i live in newport news should gtg some time



Sounds like a good idea. when would be a good time for you?"thumbsup"

[crashnburn69]

Sounds great give me a week to get my tuber togather

[supercrawlerfreak]

well I just got word from northrop and ill be starting school on october 6th and I should be out there a month before that, and then you guys can bow before my mighty crawler lol

['04 Rubicon]

well I just got word from northrop and ill be starting school on october 6th and I should be out there a month before that, and then you guys can bow before my mighty crawler lol

Congratulations. Now you'll have to come out to our VARCOR events. You better bring it though! 8)

[swell searcher]

you guys can bow before my mighty crawler lol

bring it!!!

[supercrawlerfreak]

it shall be brought:twisted:

[trailduster79]

next time we head out to Hunnington I will post up.

We were out there the weekend before last with the 1.9's

[supercrawlerfreak]

cool, im gonna be making some 1.9 scalers before I leave so ill be ready"thumbsup"

[trailduster79]

Might head out there this weekend.

Went out on Saturday and the tide was really high.

So as long as the tide isn't extremely high we may be out there Sat.

[crawldad91]

like rubicon said , you better bring your A game for us out here, we chew up lesser crawlers for lunch!!!!!!!!!

varcor baby!!"thumbsup"

really all jokes aside, would be great to see you come out to some of our events! we have some of the best spots in the state on lockdown!

[supercrawlerfreak]

well as of this momnet I am no longer goin out there. the school wont let me in because of an injusry to my leg I had earlier this year. So I have to wait till its completely healed before I can go:roll:. but once im out there ill be bringin all I got:twisted:

[puryear]

ok, please educate me once again... what the heck is northorp? please, be easy on me. i'm sure it's somewhere that everyone knows of, but me. i'm thinking it's a company... am i right? i've already been humiliated on the "nova" issue, so what do i have to lose?

[chvy4wd]

Northrop is actually Northrop Grumman. It is a shipyard on the James River in Newport News. The place we like to crawl is at the foot of the james river bridge on the left (Newport News side). It is called Huntington Park and over by the boat dock on the right there is a little beach that has some good rocks to play on. Me and trailduster79 go out on the weekends (or try to) and take some tennis balls out there and set up some coarses. Its not very big but its fun and the sand ads another element of difficulty."thumbsup"

[puryear]

oh ok, i know the ship yard your talking about. i've never heard it called a certain name though. i've always simply known it as the ship yard.

[supercrawlerfreak]

Northrop Grummin isnt just that shipyard though, its all across the US. Its a rather gigantic aerospace and defence company. Some of you may know of Regans Star Wars project, Northrop was in charge of that. If you want to know more just look it up on google"thumbsup"