NACA check pilot Donovan Heinle created the aircraft's past flight when he ferried it from Moffett Industry to Andrews Air Force Foundation, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was saved there for 7 many years before Smithsonian personnel trucked it for the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://telegra.ph/american-fighter-jets-in-order-Secrets-09-18