NACA exam pilot Donovan Heinle built the aircraft's past flight when he ferried it from Moffett Subject to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for seven years prior to Smithsonian staff trucked it on the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://telegra.ph/A-Secret-Weapon-For-world-war-2-fighter-planes-american-09-18