NACA exam pilot Donovan Heinle designed the aircraft's last flight when he ferried it from Moffett Discipline to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was saved there for seven several years before Smithsonian staff trucked it towards the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://www.webwiki.ch/kowear.com/american-fighter/