TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA HD

Aerial America New England

An aerial tour over New England captures its beauty while celebrating its rich history; from the Massachusetts harbours, where Americans rebelled against the British, to the autumn colours that blanket the mountains of Vermont.

Aerial America Louisiana

Louisiana's wetlands and underwater oil fields.

Aerial America Trailblazers

An aerial tour over the places made famous by America's most influential men and women.

Aerial America Texas

The Lone Star's rugged canyons, historic ranches and modern cities.

Aerial America Vermont

Northern state's green forests; red-painted barns and sugar maples.

Aerial America Idaho

A view of Idaho from the air reveals a state filled with agricultural fields, lands untouched by human hands, and riches in the form of gold, ski resorts and spuds.

Aerial America Connecticut

A high-flying tour of Connecticut; exploring the safe harbors, buildings and rich maritime history; the home state of Mark Twain, PT Barnum and Katharine Hepburn; the exclusive Gold Coast, the Thimble Islands and the historic cities.

Aerial America Kentucky

An aerial tour over Kentucky reveals a state of racetracks, country music highways, bourbon distilleries and a history of feuds and traditions.

Ice Airport Alaska Lifelines

A rescue mission to an isolated Alaskan community cut off by winter storms; greeting uninvited guests in the airport's green spaces; an emergency engine change tests the maintenance crew; evidence of international smuggling.

Ice Airport Alaska Engine Failure

Engine failure, a suspicious package, and violent Alaskan weather put air missions and the entire city of Anchorage at risk.

Ice Airport Alaska Crisis at Crooked Creek

A family-run airline flies emergency supplies to a remote village hit by water pollution; Alaska's biggest cargo airline loads high explosives on a busy runway; Anchorage's elite pilots come to the rescue of a holiday party.

Ice Airport Alaska Volcano Preppers New

When seismic activity around Mount Spurr heats up, pilots fly supplies to farmers. The operations team at Anchorage International deal with two emergency landings and proud parents turn to pilots to get them to a vital school ba.

Ice Airport Alaska Top of the World New

Climbers landing on a glacier at the foot of Mount Denali, follow in the footsteps of?aviation pioneers. A swarm of 600,000 bees threatens the plane's structural ?integrity and veterinarians battling a rabies epidemic go up agai.

Ice Airport Alaska Volcano Preppers

When seismic activity around Mount Spurr heats up, pilots fly supplies to farmers. The operations team at Anchorage International deal with two emergency landings and proud parents turn to pilots to get them to a vital school ba.

Ice Airport Alaska Top of the World

Climbers landing on a glacier at the foot of Mount Denali, follow in the footsteps of?aviation pioneers. A swarm of 600,000 bees threatens the plane's structural ?integrity and veterinarians battling a rabies epidemic go up agai.

Air Disasters Behind Closed Doors

A design fault leads to an explosion on a DC-10 and two years later the same design fault causes another tragedy.

Air Disasters Fight to the Finish

Three flight crews face impossible odds: a Boeing 707 loses engines over the Alps as fire spreads, Air Astana 1388 goes out of control over Portugal, and a bomb on PA 434 severs control cables and blasts a hole in the fuselage.

Air Disasters Fire Fight

A mechanical problem aboard an Air Canada plane turns into an all-out emergency six miles in the air.

Air Disasters Runaway Train

A freight train carrying an excess of cargo loses its brakes while descending a mountain causing it to gain speed and derail into a neighborhood killing several people.

Air Disasters Caught on Tape

The dashcam of a passing car captures stunning footage of the final moments of a Taiwanese commuter aircraft as it banks steeply, clips an elevated highway and nosedives into the river; investigators find no signs of pre-impact malfunction.

Air Disasters Cabin Catastrophe

A Boeing 737 is rocked by a midair explosion that challenges its pilots and nearly ejects a passenger out of a blown-out window.

Air Disasters Deadly Delay

Almost immediately after taking off from Madrid International Airport, Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.

Air Disasters Deadly Delay

Almost immediately after taking off from Madrid International Airport, Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.

Air Disasters Deadly Delay

Almost immediately after taking off from Madrid International Airport, Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.