NACA examination pilot Donovan Heinle produced the aircraft's final flight when he ferried it from Moffett Area to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was saved there for seven a long time prior to Smithsonian staff trucked it for the museum's Garber storage facility in https://www.openlearning.com/u/ramseyhandberg-sk01j5/blog/ConsiderationsToKnowAboutListOfAmericanFighterAces