NACA test pilot Donovan Heinle made the aircraft's previous flight when he ferried it from Moffett Industry to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for seven decades just before Smithsonian personnel trucked it for the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://www.metooo.io/u/66ea8a97f2059b59ef3ae6c0