TV Guide Smithsonian Friday

A Royal Navy V-class submarine come face-to-face with a German U-boat as it embarks on a delivery mission to Japan with top-secret technology.

A U.S. Navy hunter-killer team battles for control of Cuba when they interrupt the Soviet's mission to delver nuclear torpedoes to the communist island.

An aircraft has projected U.S. military power all over the world by transporting war machines and American troops wherever they need to be.

Military members discuss the history behind the OV-10 Bronco and how it functions as both a helicopter and a jet in difficult environments.

The history behind the MiG is revealed from the moment it took flight in World War II to fighting against American aircrafts in Iraq.

Experts share an inside look into Nazi Germany's premier fighter, which has been credited with aiding the Nazis in thousands of victories over Allied pilots.

Flights over America's most unspoiled wilderness areas provide aerial views of Mount Denali, Florida's Everglades and more than 100 million acres of nature.

The Tar Heel State has mountains, a picturesque coastline and the U.S.' first gold mine, and it is famed as the site of the Wright Brothers' first flight.

Narrator Jim Conrad uses an aerial perspective to showcase the nation's most iconic industries and the people who operate them every day.

The Dakotas helped future president Theodore Roosevelt overcome the loss of his first wife and became the home of a sculptor's greatest triumph.

From the air, the Land of Enchantment displays the Rio Grande Rift, dormant volcanoes and adobe villages, and the birthplace of atomic weapons.

The fertile prairies and rugged mountains of the Treasure State are home to the fastest land mammals in North America, and it has seen many historic events.

A flyover of America's smallest state reveals historic lighthouses and a stone millhouse that may have been built by Norsemen before the time of Columbus.

American Airlines Flight 1572 clips the tops of trees and hits equipment on landing in Windsor Locks, Conn., and all 78 people on board survive.

Life-and-death decisions made by pilots and their ensuing disasters.

Investigators recover only a few pieces of a French Concorde that crashed and burned on takeoff at Charles de Gaulle Airport in July 2000.

Hurricane Hugo's fury leaves the pilots of NOAA 42 doing everything they can to keep their plane from coming apart or being driven into the ground.

On a 1994 flight, an Aeroflot pilot allows his two children into the cockpit, and the autopilot controlling the ailerons is accidentally switched off.

On December 28, 2014, Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 stalled from a malfunction and crashed into the Java Sea, while flying through a thunderstorm.

A modern turboprop nosedives towards the North Sea after being struck by lightning, an unusual feature in the plane may explain why.

A plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala vanishes over the English Channel, but questions are raised when investigators find the wreckage.

A flight from Jakarta, Indonesia crashes into the Musi River, and the limited evidence leads investigators to three different conclusions about what happened.

A compilation of true stories are presented about dangerous situations where an airline captain's years' of training are put to the test when a crisis strikes.

Pilots attempt to make the most high-risk landings of all time.

When a brand-new Boeing 737 loses all engine power, the captain manages to glide to a safe landing on a narrow levee, saving the lives of everyone on board.

A depressurization error creates the most awful air crash in Greek history; a famous athlete's life ends due to a badly worded safety checklist.

A cargo flight leaves a London airport and crashes a minute later, killing all four crew members, and the plane's attitude indicator is found to have failed.

A Boeing 727 and a Cessna 172 collide over a residential area in San Diego, causing both planes to crash and scattering body parts across a neighborhood.

A Beechcraft commuter plane takes off from Charlotte, N.C. and crashes almost immediately; it appears that a cable was misadjusted during maintenance.

A chartered McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 flying from Panama to the island of Martinique is slightly overloaded at takeoff, reducing its maximum altitude.