TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific HD

Aerial America Iowa

A sky-high tour over Iowa explores its vast stretches of farmland, covered bridges and evolution from wilderness to statehood.

Aerial America New York City 24

An aerial tour of New York City, spanning the city's five boroughs, capturing man-made and natural wonders; revealing the ways its citizens live, work and play.

Aerial America Florida

An aerial tour of Florida's peninsula and panhandle celebrates the state's sights, unique history and lavish lifestyles.

Aerial America New Hampshire

Ancestral home of the Abenaki Indians; Henry David Thoreau's first book; Mount Monadnock; New Hampshire is seen from the air.

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 Indiana

A flight over Indiana explores the Hoosier State's rich agriculture, busy highways and basketball legends; exploring the War Memorial and the Angel Mounds of the southwest.

Aerial America Great Cities

An aerial view of major cities in the United States, including Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and Boston.

Aerial America Missouri

A flight over Missouri explores the Show Me State's towering monuments, mighty rivers and spectacular Ozarks.

Aerial America Maryland & Delaware

The birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner; sites Harriet Tubman, Babe Ruth and the DuPont family made their marks on history.

Aerial America Massachusetts

A flight over Massachusetts explores the sites; the Bay State, from Martha's Vineyard to the Bambino's Curse, seen from the air.

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 Natural Wonders

America's most remarkable natural wonders are explored including the Grand Canyon, the Great Lakes and more.

Aerial America Illinois

A high-flying tour over Illinois; the Windy City, prairies and rivers; the state's dramatic history of great fires, crime and historic battles; Chicago's unique skyscrapers and the Lincoln Tomb.

Aerial America Dallas - Fort Worth

An aerial tour over Dallas and Fort Worth highlights the cities' differences while showcasing their shared contributions to the Texas narrative.

Air Disasters Fatal Distraction

Pilots of Eastern Airline Flight 401 try to determine why both landing-gear lights do not function on an L-1011, tragically distracting them.

Air Disasters Deadly Inclination

An Alitalia airliner crashes into a forested hillside just a few miles from a Zurich runway.

Air Disasters Fatal Friction

Human flaws cause three plane crashes in England, Colorado and Minnesota.

Air Disasters Seconds to Survive

On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 strays off course and flies into the side of a mountain shortly after takeoff.

Air Disasters Lethal Turn

Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes into mountainous woodlands while trying to land at Polonia International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, in low visibility.

Air Disasters Impossible Landing

A look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989; it caused a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead.

Air Disasters Cutting Corners

The 2000 crash of an Alaska Airlines plane just off the California coast leads to a disturbing discovery about the company's cost-cutting procedures.

Air Disasters Fatal Flaw

A look at several air disasters that involved small components that failed; accidents caused by minor defects or errors; how the follow-up investigations led to changes that have made flying safer.

Air Disasters Mountain Impact

Following three horrifying crashes, investigators uncover fatal flaws in the very operations designed to prevent aircraft from flying into mountains.

Air Disasters Soccer Tragedy

A plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team crashes just ten miles from the airport in 2016.