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R2-D2 and Museum Specialist Matt Voight

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  • Museum Specialist Matt Voight preparing to paint the adapter he built for the model R2-D2 for the Star Wars Full Scale Prop X-Wing in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the  Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
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    A full-size X-wing will go on long-term display at the Museum in the fall. Since the X-wing is to be crewed by R2-D2 Museum specialist Matt Voight built a mount for the droid.

  • Museum Specialist Matt Voight preparing to paint the adapter he built for the model R2-D2 for the Star Wars Full Scale Prop X-Wing in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the  Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

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September 16, 2021

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Mark Avino

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