NACA exam pilot Donovan Heinle created the aircraft's past flight when he ferried it from Moffett Industry to Andrews Air Force Foundation, arriving on 10 August 1954. The aircraft was stored there for 7 a long time in advance of Smithsonian staff trucked it towards the museum's Garber storage facility https://www.murakamilab.tuis.ac.jp/wiki/index.php?turnslope32