NACA test pilot Donovan Heinle created the aircraft's previous flight when he ferried it from Moffett Discipline to Andrews Air Force Foundation, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for 7 decades right before Smithsonian personnel trucked it for the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://www.pdc.edu/?URL=https://kowear.com/american-fighter/