NACA check pilot Donovan Heinle produced the aircraft's last flight when he ferried it from Moffett Area to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for 7 years prior to Smithsonian personnel trucked it for the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://www.metooo.es/u/66ea86b8f2059b59ef3ad9fa