this is the pima air and space museum. located in the tucson, arizona, desert, it's home to some of the most important and unusual machines to ever fly in the sky. this is quite an impressive display. >> well, thanks. you know, we've been working hard at it for about 35 years now, so we're very proud of our accomplishments. >> one of the most popular exhibits is the blackbird. it's the world's fastest jet. the blackbird was designed to outrun missiles trying to shoot it down. that's because the u.s. used blackbirds to spy on other countries. >> it was a secret program, so, they were flying high and fast long before anyone acknowledged that the program existed. but in the late '70s, i believe 1978, one of the blackbirds flew from los angeles to new york city in one hour, four minutes, and six seconds. >> wow! i wish all flights from new york to los angeles were that fast! >> yeah, no, exactly. but the in-flight services aren't that great. >> so, what was its top speed? >> generally, it was a little bit over mach 3. >> mach 1

as nicole reports, at the pima air & space museum in tucson, arizona, paper aviation history was made. >> it all started with a contest to see who can make a paper airplane that would fly the furthest. >> we wanted to find a way to capture the imagination of the children so that they'd be more interested in aviation and potentially becoming engineers and scientists in the future. and we thought if we were doing something that kids already do, and adding the interest of building the great paper airplane, that that would be the thing to do. >> the winner is arturo valdenegro. please come up here. [ applause ] >> well, arturo valdenegro won our fly-off in january of 2012, and so he became our guest engineer, and he was able to name the plane. he named it arturo's desert eagle. >> a team of professional engineers took arturo's concept and created a 15-foot test model. >> hey, arturo? >> oh, hey. >> so, are you excited? >> yeah. >> you want to see it? >> yeah. >> we'll pull it out. >> the model was going to be tested over the desert. leading the team is art thompson. he explained that how