TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA

Aerial America Texas

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

Aerial America The Wild West

A journey over America's western landscape featuring "wild" history and stories of colorful characters.

Aerial America Wisconsin

Tour the Wisconsin State Capitol and Milwaukee City Hall, once the tallest building in the world.

Aerial America Wilderness

A cross-country flight over icy landscapes in Alaska's Denali, vast wetlands in Florida's Everglades, and over 100 million acres of badlands, deserts, and mountains.

Air Disasters Stealth Bomber Down

When a USAF stealth bomber crashes after takeoff, investigators search for a reason.

Air Disasters Death Race

When a modified WWII fighter plane crashes into the crowd at a Nevada air show, investigators struggle to find the cause.

Air Disasters Slam Dunk

A quick trip from Washington D.C. to Ohio in 1994 turns deadly when pilots of a twin-engine turboprop attempt a risky landing.

Air Disasters Fatal Delivery

The two-man crew of a UPS cargo jet must attempt an emergency landing when a fire in the cargo hold fills their cockpit with smoke.

Air Disasters The Final Push

Investigators try to find the cause of two similar air crashes that happened nearly 12 years apart.

Air Disasters Death of the President

Polish Air Force Flight 101, carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria Kaczynska and other top officials, crashes in a wooded area while on final approach to Smolensk North Airport in heavy fog and low visibility.

Air Disasters Bad Data

A billion-dollar Stealth Bomber crashes at a U.S. Air Force base-the costliest aviation disaster ever; bad data misleads a charter flight into a Portuguese mountain and conflicting alarms send a cutting-edge jetliner plunging into the Atlantic.

Air Disasters Deadly Data

With hidden flaws buried in their navigation systems, three planes suffer catastrophic computer errors that force investigators to dig deep for clues.

Air Disasters I'm the Problem

Moments before Pacific Southwest Flight 1771 crashes on a cattle ranch in California, gunshots are heard in the cabin.

Air Disasters Tragic Takeoff

When a twin-engine jet careens off the runway in Kentucky, investigators must determine why the plane failed to take off.

Disasters Engineered Chemical Blasts

Experts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened; they also explore the consequences and how they could have been avoided.

Air Disasters Hidden Danger

In 1991, a Boeing 737 operating as United Airlines Flight 585 suddenly rolls into a dive and crashes within eight seconds, killing all 25 people on board.

Air Disasters Murder in the Skies

When Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps, investigators discover shocking truths about the co-pilot's mental health.

Air Disasters Imperfect Pitch

On 27 November 2008, an aircraft on a post-maintenance test flight operating as XL Airways Germany Flight 888T stalls and crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of France, killing all seven people on board.

Air Disasters Death and Denial

In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying from New York City to Cairo, killing all 217 people on board; the cause of the crash is disputed.

Air Disasters Alarming Silence

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit in 1987; a fatal preflight error caused the second-deadliest plane crash in the U.S. history.

Air Disasters Engine Gone

Three crews experience the same devastating event; with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

Aerial America North Carolina

The Wright Brothers gave the state its slogan "First in Flight"; civil rights leaders in Greensboro; NASCAR.