NACA exam pilot Donovan Heinle designed the aircraft's previous flight when he ferried it from Moffett Discipline to Andrews Air Force Base, arriving on ten August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for 7 yrs ahead of Smithsonian staff trucked it to your museum's Garber storage facility in Suitland, Maryland. https://portal.uaptc.edu/ICS/Campus_Life/Campus_Groups/Student_Life/Discussion.jnz?portlet=Forums&screen=PostView&screenType=change&id=eafc7881-2bae-4380-b4ed-cb59eb514a2d