NACA test pilot Donovan Heinle produced the aircraft's final flight when he ferried it from Moffett Industry to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for seven decades prior to Smithsonian staff trucked it for the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://portal.uaptc.edu/ICS/Campus_Life/Campus_Groups/Student_Life/Discussion.jnz?portlet=Forums&screen=PostView&screenType=change&id=4a6dacab-f8c0-4150-bf1e-4b069c8e0d1a