NACA check 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 7 a long time prior to Smithsonian personnel trucked it to the museum's Garber storage facility in https://vuf.minagricultura.gov.co/Lists/Informacin%20Servicios%20Web/DispForm.aspx?ID=9114502