NACA exam pilot Donovan Heinle made the aircraft's previous flight when he ferried it from Moffett Field to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was saved there for seven yrs prior to Smithsonian personnel trucked it into the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://www.openlearning.com/u/ramseyhandberg-sk01j5/blog/ConsiderationsToKnowAboutListOfAmericanFighterAces