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 harbors, where Americans rebelled against the British, to the autumn colors that blanket the mountains of Vermont.

Aerial America Georgia

The Empire State of the South; ancient Mound builders to the Cherokee Indians.

Aerial America Oregon

Oregon's Cascade Mountains; Columbia River waterway.

Aerial America Boston 24

A day-long aerial tour of the New England city of Boston in Massachusetts; where Americans first rebelled against Britain by dumping chests of tea into the harbor and where rock band Aerosmith first made it big.

Air Disasters The Death of JFK Jr.

When John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Piper Saratoga crashed in 1999, the NTSB faces big pressure to find the wreckage and the cause.

Air Disasters Ocean Landing

Pilots aboard a hijacked plane are forced to attempt an emergency landing at sea.

Air Disasters Pitch Black

When an Illinois turboprop crashes after losing battery power, investigators uncover a series of errors made by the pilots.

Air Disasters Impossible Pitch

Experts investigate the West Air Sweden Flight 294 crash and how the cargo jet nosedived into the Swedish Arctic at speeds nearing 600 mph.

Air Disasters Cold Case

Two identical plane crashes involving the same icy conditions and the same plane design are examined, revealing why neither disaster should have happened.

Air Disasters Racing the Storm

An MD-82 crash lands in Arkansas during a severe thunderstorm; but investigators believe weather is not the main reason for the accident.

Air Disasters Fight for Control

A propeller breaks off and rips a hole in the fuselage of an aircraft en route from Alaska to Washington 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.

Ice Airport Alaska Winter is Coming

As winter approaches, the maintenance crews at Ted Stevens International Airport battle many elements to keep things running.

Ice Airport Alaska Struck By Lightning

Thanksgiving weekend and severe storms challenge the staff at Ted Stevens Airport with heavy traffic, heavy snow, and even a lightning strike.

Ice Airport Alaska Lights Out

An electrical failure, a rogue moose, and a supply run challenge the staff and pilots at Ted Stevens Airport.

Ice Airport Alaska Coronavirus Crisis

The arrival of U.S. evacuees escaping the coronavirus outbreak in China; a daring helicopter airlift; punishing snow.

Ice Airport Alaska Fuel's Gold

Father-son aviators battle turbulence to refuel a remote mine, bush pilots fight an aerial jam to reach Alaska's biggest sled race, and the Coastguard turn a C-130 into a bomber to drop supplies on an isolated beach.

Air Disasters The Invisible Plane

SAS Flight 686 takes off from Milan's Linate Airport and moments later collides with a Cessna on the runway.

Air Disasters Grounded: Boeing Max 8

Indonesian investigators must determine why a Boeing 737 Max 8 -- one of the world's best-selling new airplanes -- plunged into the Java Sea.

Air Disasters Carnage in Sao Paolo

TAM flight 402 slammed into a residential neighborhood and burst into flames, just seconds after lifting off from Congonhas airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 95 people on board and three people on the ground.

Air Disasters Caution to the Wind

On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai-shek airport in Taipei while attempting to take off on the wrong runway in a typhoon, killing 83 of the 179 people on board.

Air Disasters Blown Apart

Partnair Flight 394 loses control, breaks up in midair and crashes into the North Sea; the aircraft's vertical stabilizer vibrates loose during flight due to excessive wear on substandard bolts, sleeves and pins that have been illegally sold.

Aerial America Alaska's Call of the Wild

A look at America's landmarks, including a view of bears catching clams in Alaska's rivers; a high-flying tour reveals Alaska's call of the wild spirit that has lured adventurers and dreamers north for centuries.

Aerial America Coasts

An aerial tour over America's coastlines explores the visual splendor and rich history of the nation's varied borders.

Aerial America Utah

An amazing aerial tour over Utah reveals a state full of otherworldly landscapes and landmarks, including a history steeped in Mormonism, pioneering tragedy, and Olympic glory.