NACA take a look at pilot Donovan Heinle designed the aircraft's last flight when he ferried it from Moffett Field to Andrews Air Force Foundation, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was saved there for 7 yrs prior to Smithsonian staff trucked it for the museum's Garber storage facility https://www.metooo.io/u/66ea8a97f2059b59ef3ae6c0