NACA check pilot Donovan Heinle designed the aircraft's final flight when he ferried it from Moffett Subject to Andrews Air Force Foundation, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for seven decades just before Smithsonian staff trucked it towards the museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://jumporchid59.bravejournal.net/considerations-to-know-about-dictionary-of-american-naval-fighting-ships