NACA test pilot Donovan Heinle created the aircraft's final flight when he ferried it from Moffett Industry to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was saved there for 7 decades right before Smithsonian staff trucked it towards the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://wikimapia.org/external_link?url=https://kowear.com/american-fighter/