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Test Pilot School got a chance to visit with 44 vendors
and learn what the Antelope Valley has to offer.

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Devil’s Punchbowl and got a close look at a Gopher
snake and the luminosity of a scorpion, while others
enjoyed crafts, robotic demonstrations and learned
about 3D Printing. Families enjoyed dinner provided
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