NACA examination pilot Donovan Heinle designed the aircraft's final flight when he ferried it from Moffett Area to Andrews Air Force Foundation, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for seven many years ahead of Smithsonian staff trucked it on the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, https://bysee3.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=4701240