NACA exam pilot Donovan Heinle produced the aircraft's last flight when he ferried it from Moffett Discipline to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for 7 years just before Smithsonian personnel trucked it towards the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://www.webwiki.de/kowear.com/american-fighter/