NACA check pilot Donovan Heinle manufactured the aircraft's very last 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 a long time before Smithsonian staff trucked it into the museum's Garber storage facility in https://vuf.minagricultura.gov.co/Lists/Informacin%20Servicios%20Web/DispForm.aspx?ID=9114502