NACA check pilot Donovan Heinle created the aircraft's very last 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 yrs ahead of Smithsonian staff trucked it into the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, https://bakeryvise94.bravejournal.net/5-easy-facts-about-american-best-fighter-jets-described