NACA check pilot Donovan Heinle built the aircraft's previous flight when he ferried it from Moffett Industry to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was saved there for 7 decades ahead of Smithsonian personnel trucked it for the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://www.webwiki.ch/kowear.com/american-fighter/