TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA

Aerial America Alabama

Vast cotton fields, Gulf coast beaches; famous Civil Rights marches; NASCAR's most dangerous track; steel factories.

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 Alaska's Fire and Ice

The world's largest volcanic island; Iceland's landscapes, forged by fire and ice; a tour over Alaska, the residents it attracts and the wildlife that thrives in these unique surroundings.

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 California

Zoom above, and below, some of the Golden State's greatest monuments.

Aerial America Nebraska

Soaring above the Cornhusker State's vast farms, towering spires, desolate badlands and gleaming cities.

Aerial America Dazzling Destinations

A sweeping tour over popular destinations in America, including the Badlands, Nantucket, the National Mall and more.

Aerial America Colorado

Alpine valleys; Rocky Mountains; Denver's towering skyscrapers.

Aerial America Ohio

An aerial journey over Ohio showcases the Buckeye State's autumnal vistas, majestic rivers, epic skyscrapers and battlegrounds.

Air Disasters Kathmandu Descent

A challenging descent in the Himalayas turns tragic when the pilots miscalculate their approach to a Kathmandu airport.

Air Disasters Dangerous Winds

Three planes fall prey to deadly winds, and it is up to investigators to find out why.

Air Disasters Deadly Directive New

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes shortly after takeoff.

Air Disasters Deadly Reputation

On July 17, 2007, TAM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off runway 35L at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, and crashes at high speed into a warehouse adjacent to a petrol station killing nearly 200 people.

Air Disasters Deadly Directive

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes shortly after takeoff.

Air Disasters Pilot Betrayed

Following the story of the Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 and Captain Rasmussen.

Air Disasters Deadly Directive

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes shortly after takeoff.

Air Disasters Deadly Crossroads

A look at the string of events that caused a midair collision in 2002 over the skies of southern Germany; a Bashkirian Airlines Flight collides with a DHL Flight in German airspace near Überlingen.

Air Disasters Operation Babylift

A United States Air Force transport aircraft conducting the inaugural flight of Operation Babylift suffers an explosive decompression when the rear cargo door fails and crashes into a paddy field while attempting an emergency landing.

Air Disasters Falling Fast

Investigators discover a shocking mistake when pilots must ditch their plane in the Mediterranean, killing 14 of the 34 passengers.

Air Disasters Deadly Distraction

Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Air Disasters Taxiway Turmoil

Experts examine a departing DC-9 in Detroit which gets lost in the fog and ends up in the path of an oncoming 727.

Air Disasters Missing Over New York

Avianca Flight 52 is delayed numerous times by bad weather en route; it is dangerously low on fuel as it attempts a landing at New York City.

Air Disasters Massacre Over the Mediterranean

On June 27, 1980, Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ustica, Italy; all 81 people on board are killed.

Air Disasters Dangerous Approach

A Colorado commuter flight crashes five miles short of the runway and the reasons why rock the airline industry.