TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA

Aerial America Idaho

A view of Idaho from the air reveals a state filled with agricultural fields, lands untouched by human hands, and riches in the form of gold, ski resorts and spuds.

Aerial America Northern California

A flight over Northern California explores ancient forests, timeless coasts, golden cities and the region's pioneering spirit.

Aerial America The Dakotas

A flight over North and South Dakota reveals the shared history and the vast differences of these sibling states.

Aerial America Washington D.C.

A soaring tour over Washington, D.C. explores the unique landscape, rich history and colorful story of the Nation's Capital.

Aerial America Nevada

An aerial tour of Nevada; the state's deserts, ghost towns, neon cities and Hoover Dam; its history built on epic booms and busts.

Aerial America Made in the USA

A cross-country flight across America reveals the nation's most iconic industries, the people behind them and the stories of how they came to be.

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 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.

Ice Airport Alaska Fuel's Gold

Father-son aviators battle turbulence to refuel a remote mine, bush pilots fight an aerial jam to reach Alaska's biggest sled race, and the Coastguard turn a C-130 into a bomber to drop supplies on an isolated beach.

Ice Airport Alaska Bear Knuckle Flight New

Fish and Wildlife aviators battle Arctic conditions to track down a polar bear population, a bush pilot races fading daylight to save a business, Anchorage field crews battle to clear an icy runway, and CBP officers investigate.

How Did They Build That? Sculptures & Skyscrapers

Engineers create impossibly shaped buildings: Albany's Egg, a huge, sculpted theatre space, fit for a Rockefeller; a floating fortress in LA, protecting $2bn in art; and giant New York offices towering over America's busiest com.

Ice Airport Alaska Bear Knuckle Flight

Fish and Wildlife aviators battle Arctic conditions to track down a polar bear population, a bush pilot races fading daylight to save a business, Anchorage field crews battle to clear an icy runway, and CBP officers investigate.

How Did They Build That? Sculptures & Skyscrapers

Engineers create impossibly shaped buildings: Albany's Egg, a huge, sculpted theatre space, fit for a Rockefeller; a floating fortress in LA, protecting $2bn in art; and giant New York offices towering over America's busiest com.

Ice Airport Alaska Bear Knuckle Flight

Fish and Wildlife aviators battle Arctic conditions to track down a polar bear population, a bush pilot races fading daylight to save a business, Anchorage field crews battle to clear an icy runway, and CBP officers investigate.

Air Disasters Pitch Problems

Alaska Airlines 261 nosedives into the Pacific leaving investigators stumped; a rare storm and a deadly design flaw intersect cause American Eagle 4184 to fall from the sky; investigators suspect a fatal flaw in the Boeing 737.

Air Disasters Kobe Bryant

When basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, investigators examine the data, the wreckage, and the pilot's actions for clues.

Air Disasters Frozen in Flight

A design flaw sends American Eagle Flight 41-84 smashing into a cornfield outside of Chicago, killing all 68 people on board.

Air Disasters Queens Catastrophe

On 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of control shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport and crashes into Queens.

Air Disasters Choosing Sides

British Midland Flight 92 slams into Britain's busy M1 motorway, and it seems like a rare case of dual engine failure, but investigators learn the real cause was a tragic misunderstanding.

Air Disasters Instrument Confusion

When critical instruments in the cockpit can't be trusted, the consequences can be fatal.

Air Disasters Survivors

From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.

Air Disasters Deadly Discussions

A shocking error in the cockpit causes the crash of a 737 on takeoff and leaves an entire nation reeling.