NACA check pilot Donovan Heinle made the aircraft's previous flight when he ferried it from Moffett Industry to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was saved there for 7 many years ahead of Smithsonian staff trucked it to the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, https://www.webwiki.at/kowear.com/american-fighter/