NACA exam pilot Donovan Heinle made the aircraft's past flight when he ferried it from Moffett Industry to Andrews Air Force Foundation, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for 7 yrs ahead of Smithsonian staff trucked it to the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. http://bbs.01bim.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=1402487