TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA

Air Warriors Lancaster

The inside story of the Avro Lancaster, the British bomber that was rushed into service to fight back against Nazi Germany.

Air Warriors Hawker Hurricane

The overlooked underdog of British fighter planes; fast and versatile, the dogfighter doubled as a bomber and ground support aircraft in every theatre of WWII.

How Did They Build That? Boxes & Birds

The American Museum of Natural History in NYC gets a cave-like extension; an arts center inspired by migrating birds is built on a lake in China; Boston University gains a fossil-free, Jenga-like tower.

How Did They Build That? Subways & Sightlines

A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago; Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets.

How Did They Build That? Heights & Balance

A 1.2 million square foot office building balances precariously on a 39 foot wide base in Chicago. A building named Pterodactyl lands on top of a Los Angeles parking garage. And the world's longest suspension footbridge.

How Did They Build That? Retrofits & Airport Glitz

Visiting the Hearst Tower in Manhattan and Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore to understand how they were built; covering how designers and engineers attempt to create a museum worthy of Salvador Dali in Florida.

How Did They Build That? Viaducts & Hotels

A towering bridge in France; upside-down hotel in China; Italy's forest into the sky.

How Did They Build That? Radical & Resplendent

Exploring the design and engineering stories behind D.C.'s Museum of African American History, the Montreal Tower and the Equinor building in Oslo.

How Did They Build That? Elevated & Elegant

Traveling from Canada to Belgium to the Southern U.S. to examine an eye-popping school, museum and railway station and reveal how they were built.

How Did They Build That? Upside Down & Under Sea

Visiting the Vancouver House, Norway's Under restaurant and the Seattle Central Library to discover how these visionary buildings were created.

How Did They Build That? Skywalks & Suspensions

Uncovering the design and engineering secrets behind the Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Audain Museum and more.

How Did They Fix That? Deep Space Telescope

Host Mike Davidson goes to the remote Atacama desert in Chile; at observatory ALMA he works alongside the expert team as they repair some of the world's biggest antennas.

How Did They Fix That? Snowbird Ski Resort

Mike Davidson embarks with the team to one of the most extreme, avalanche-prone ski mountains in the world: Snowbird; they battle to keep the steep and deep slopes safe with shovels, snowcats and even a WWII Howitzer.

How Did They Fix That? Super Stallion Helicopter

Mike joins the U.S. Marines' Heavy Haulers helicopter squadron and gets inside their battle to keep a fleet of souped-up Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion choppers flying as they prepare for intense war games in the desert and mountains.

How Did They Fix That? UPS Worldport

Mike Davidson goes to the biggest automated package sorting facility in the world - UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentucky. Two million packages go through here every day.

How Did They Fix That? Heli-Logger

A crew and its massive air crane helicopter haul millions of pounds of timber while battling the elements and handling emergency repairs.

Ice Airport Alaska Emergency Landing

Witness wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport.

Ice Airport Alaska Whiskey and Water

A crisis in a remote Alaskan village, a grounded cargo 737 and alcohol smugglers keep the pilots and crews busy.

Ice Airport Alaska War Planes and Sled Dogs

An armed, suicidal man and a suspicious powdery substance threaten the staff of Ted Stevens while rough weather may ground a 70-year-old cargo plane.

Ice Airport Alaska Mayday

A heavy blizzard, an earthquake, and a plane crash threaten the safety of the Ice Airports as well as the people of downtown Anchorage.

Air Disasters Deadly Space

In the skies above the Mojave Desert, the VSS Enterprise accelerates toward the outer reaches of Earth's atmosphere, guided by test pilots; the aircraft breaks apart and falls from the sky, killing the flight's co-pilot.

Air Disasters Disaster at Tenerife

Two 747s collide on the runway of a small airport in the Canary Islands, resulting in history's deadliest air crash.

Air Disasters Deadly Delivery

UPS Airlines Flight 1354 clips the tops of trees and crashes into a hillside about one nautical mile short of the runway during final approach to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama.

Air Disasters Accident or Assassination

A plane carrying Mexico's interior minister crashes into Mexico City's financial district.

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.