NACA test pilot Donovan Heinle designed the aircraft's previous flight when he ferried it from Moffett Subject to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for 7 yrs just before Smithsonian staff trucked it towards the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://www.webwiki.at/kowear.com/american-fighter/