TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA

Aerial America Texas

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

Aerial America Vermont

Northern state's green forests; red-painted barns and sugar maples.

Aerial America Louisiana

Louisiana's wetlands and underwater oil fields.

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 Runway Runoff

A passenger plane veers off the runway in Denver sparking an investigation into the airport's proximity to the Rocky Mountains.

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 Blind Spot

In 1978, PSA Flight 182 collides with a Cessna and crashes into a San Diego residential area, killing everyone on both planes and seven people on the ground.

Air Disasters Dead Weight

Air Midwest Flight 5481 plummets to the ground just after takeoff, killing all on board and injuring one on the ground.

Air Disasters Collision Catastrophe

Two planes collide in the sky above southern Germany and numerous people on the ground witness the disaster; based on the wreckage, it is clear that the planes collided in the air; the researchers encounter a mystery.

Air Disasters The Plane That Flew Too High

West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes down killing 160 people in 2005; it leads to the bankruptcy of the troubled airline.

Air Disasters Tree Strike Terror

After a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low.

Air Disasters Lethal Choices

Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

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 Fire on Board

A Swissair passenger jet catches fire midflight and crashes into the Atlantic, leading to one of the largest investigations in aviation history.

Air Disasters Kathmandu Descent

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

Air Disasters Second Thoughts

The turboprop plane begins its descent in thick fog, but things go wrong; Luxair Flight 9642 crashes a few kilometers from the runway; investigators discover that there was nothing abnormal about the two engines.

Apocalypse: The Second World War Aggression

Hitler unleashes the full wrath of his military might.

Apocalypse: World War II Crushing Defeat

The darkest days of the war are covered; Germany conquers France; British civilians endure the Blitz.

Apocalypse: The Second World War Shock

As the war continues into 1941, the conflict goes truly global with the savage battle for Moscow and Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.