NACA check pilot Donovan Heinle made the aircraft's previous flight when he ferried it from Moffett Industry to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was saved there for seven many years right before Smithsonian staff trucked it towards the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, https://www.metooo.com/u/66ea8b19f2059b59ef3ae8a8