NACA check pilot Donovan Heinle manufactured the aircraft's past flight when he ferried it from Moffett Field to Andrews Air Force Foundation, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was saved there for 7 a long time in advance of Smithsonian staff trucked it into the museum's Garber storage facility http://bbs.01bim.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=1402540