NACA examination pilot Donovan Heinle manufactured the aircraft's last flight when he ferried it from Moffett Industry to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for 7 yrs in advance of Smithsonian staff trucked it to the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, https://www.diggerslist.com/66ea94e1a3cb2/about