Saturday, August 23rd TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada HD
Air Warriors F-22 Raptor
The inside story of the ultimate stealth fighter, the F-22 Raptor, and its predecessors.
Air Warriors Top Choppers
The world's most versatile and powerful helicopters, including the Huey that served as a rescue helicopter in Vietnam, and the Apache attack helicopter.
Air Warriors F-18
Exploring the history of the F-18 and how the U.S. Navy's dual-role aircraft has dominated both the air and the battlefields for over three decades.
Air Warriors Messerschmitt BF 109
Considered the deadliest fighter of WWII, Germany's Me-109s were feared by Allied bombers and fighters alike; 109s fought Spitfires in the Battle of Britain and alongside Rommel in North Africa.
Alaska Aircrash Investigations Plane Down in the Tundra
A mystery emerges after a single-engine floatplane crashes.
Alaska Aircrash Investigations Lost Over the Inlet
A trip goes wrong when a pilot's Piper Super Cub crashes into a treacherous waterway.
Alaska Aircrash Investigations Stalled Over the Highway
Evidence is lost to a fire after a Cessna crash on a public road, challenging investigators.
Ice Airport Alaska Avalanche Warning
Scientists fly to save Anchorage from avalanche destruction. Border agents stop a potential insect invasion at Anchorage International. A bush pilot flies explosive cargo for a village festival, and the Coast Guard race to repai.
Ice Airport Alaska The Big Chill
A DC-6 ?flies into fuel-freezing?weather to deliver vital medicine. A rookie Coast Guard rescue swimmer faces his final helicopter test.
Ice Airport Alaska Sunspot
Two pilots try to build a new bush plane from 70-year-old designs. The Army gets its big guns airborne to protect America's north. Hurricane-force winds threaten Anchorage International, and NASA scientists blast off from Alaska.
Ice Airport Alaska Runway Meltdown
A pilot races to fly food to a homesteader. Entrepreneurs reviving a 1940's airframe land on ice to prove it can be the future of bush flying. Trainee plane mechanics face a crucial test, and an airport night guardian calls time.
Ice Airport Alaska Flight of the Goose
The Coast Guard flies a twelve-ton fuel truck to keep a remote base operational. An athlete flies to a dangerous airport for a glacier race. Fairbanks crews fight an avian invasion, and after a decade in a museum, a Grumman Goo.
Untold Arctic Wars Hitler's Big Gamble
Investigate the costs of Hitler's Soviet invasion, which aims to give the Nazis control over a key nickel mine and a transportation hub; seeing how this summer battle turns into a bitter winter war as the Allies tighten their grip on the Arctic.
Combat Ships Game Changers
A look at experimental ships and revolutionary designers that have changed the tide of war through the centuries.
WWII Battles in Color El Alamein
Footage of life and death on the battlefield of El Alamein and behind the lines in the African desert.
Untold Arctic Wars Hitler's Big Gamble
Investigate the costs of Hitler's Soviet invasion, which aims to give the Nazis control over a key nickel mine and a transportation hub; seeing how this summer battle turns into a bitter winter war as the Allies tighten their grip on the Arctic.
Combat Ships Game Changers
A look at experimental ships and revolutionary designers that have changed the tide of war through the centuries.
The Curious Life and Death of... Pablo Escobar
Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris and her team try to determine who fired the shot that killed drug lord Pablo Escobar.
WWII Battles in Color El Alamein
Footage of life and death on the battlefield of El Alamein and behind the lines in the African desert.
Untold Arctic Wars Hitler's Big Gamble
Investigate the costs of Hitler's Soviet invasion, which aims to give the Nazis control over a key nickel mine and a transportation hub; seeing how this summer battle turns into a bitter winter war as the Allies tighten their grip on the Arctic.
Combat Ships Game Changers
A look at experimental ships and revolutionary designers that have changed the tide of war through the centuries.
Canada 1812: Forged in Fire Enos Collins
East coast shipper creates a private fleet to seize American ships.
Top Gun flight instructors show the famous and prestigious training program in the sky, and reveal the tactics and techniques taught in the classroom and in the air; examining how the real Navy Top Gun came to be.
Mysteries From Above From Far Above
A perfect circle carved around an ancient peak; a scary phenomenon in the Pacific; strange shapes in a Middle Eastern desert; a formation below the ocean's surface.
Canada: Over the Edge Sea to Sky
The Sea to Sky corridor reveals one of the west coast's most iconic landscapes.