NACA exam pilot Donovan Heinle produced the aircraft's previous flight when he ferried it from Moffett Industry to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for 7 several years in advance of Smithsonian staff trucked it into the museum's Garber storage facility in https://www.metooo.it/u/66ea9839f2059b59ef3b107e