NACA examination pilot Donovan Heinle made the aircraft's final flight when he ferried it from Moffett Area to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for seven a long time in advance of Smithsonian personnel trucked it on the museum's Garber storage facility https://www.multichain.com/qa/index.php?qa=user&qa_1=saltcrown07