Smithsonian HD Network The German Air Force is overhauling their entire fleet of outdated cargo planes, and replacing them with Airbus' latest state-of-the-art military aircraft, the A400M, which can haul massive loads. 2026-08-12 Passengers on Ecuador's Tren Crucero experience a dangerous rail journey, which includes tropical jungles, volcanoes and the Devil's Nose. 2026-08-12 Royal Clipper is the largest sailing cruise ship in the world, celebrating tall ships of the 19th century while offering modern-day service for its guests. 2026-08-12 Azamara Journey travels the rivers of Southeast Asia, delivering passengers to exotic cities and hidden treasures that larger cruise ships cannot reach. 2026-08-12 Switzerland's Bernina Express is one of three railway lines on the UNESCO World Heritage list; it navigates 55 tunnels and nearly 200 viaducts and bridges. 2026-08-12 The Ghan takes passengers on a three-day, two-night journey through Australia; the Pichi Pichi Railway offers passengers a trip on an original steam locomotive train. 2026-08-12 Cruise among the icebergs of Greenland and the Canadian High Arctic aboard the expedition cruiser Ocean Endeavour. 2026-08-12 Experience romance on a mega cruiser that pampers its guests with the best of Italian design and American convenience. 2026-08-12 Set a course for breathtaking sights on Koningsdam's 15-day voyage from Amsterdam to the northern tip of Norway. 2026-08-12 Take a river tour through some of Europe's greatest cities--Budapest, Vienna, and Amsterdam--on Viking Longship Gefjon. 2026-08-12 A London railway station; giant Singapore biodomes; eye-catching hospital in Las Vegas. 2026-08-12 Defy gravity in an Amsterdam high-rise that hangs 164 feet above the water; marvel at three interconnected towers in Chicago that have a road running through them; examine the revolutionary framework of Paris' controversial Pompidou Centre. 2026-08-12 Peek inside a cloud-inspired library in Canada that's built over a live railway; see how clever engineering helped a huge Seattle skyscraper go up without harming its iconic neighbour, then cross an Australian bridge that floats above a busy river. 2026-08-12 Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge. 2026-08-12 Examine the sightlines in Los Angeles's SoFi Stadium, which sits right in the flight path of LAX; celebrate the ingenuity of the inexperienced crew that built a monumental skyscraper in Malta; visit a forest tower designed for testing elevators. 2026-08-12 Paying tribute to the brave, gravity-defying design of the U.S. National Medal of Honor Museum; traveling to Singapore for a look at a leaning tower of gambling, then exploring a New York City office building that lets the sun shine through. 2026-08-12 Mike works with the U.S. Army in Germany inside the massive fix facility the MAK, Maintenance Activity Kaiserslautern, as teams repair over one hundred Bradley fighting vehicles, then embeds with troops in a massive two-week-long battle exercise. 2026-08-12 Mike works with the Army Corps of Engineers on a massive project to restore essential flow of fresh water to the Florida Everglades; he also joins scientists, python hunters and the Miccosukee Tribe to eliminate invasive species in these wetlands. 2026-08-12 Diving into retrofits on the world's only underwater habitat, where NASA astronauts train for space missions; Mike joins a crack repair team who breathe new life into this oceanic environment after a global pandemic shut it down. 2026-08-12 Mike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops onto beaches; Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission. 2026-08-12 A 284ft wooden skyscraper built from 1,200 bespoke pieces tests fire safety limits in Milwaukee; a decaying Amsterdam crane track transforms into glass offices; a needle-thin tower stacks 28 apartments onto a 21ft-wide plot in Melbourne, Australia. 2026-08-12 The engineering secrets behind a mobile research station in Antarctica, a gravity-defying concert hall on the Canary Islands, and a rotating boat lift in Scotland. 2026-08-12 In Oklahoma, a sacred spiral mound rises on a former oilfield, honouring 39 tribes. London's crumbling Battersea Power Station is reborn with two million new bricks. And in Spain, Frank Gehry crowns a historic winery. 2026-08-12 Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built. 2026-08-12 Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge. 2026-08-13 After a Chinese airplane lands at a top-secret US Air Force base, the search is on for the cause of a deadly rollercoaster ride in the sky. 2026-08-13 Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a fly-by during an air show at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport. 2026-08-13 A bomb explodes on Air India Flight 182 en route from Canada to India causing it to disintegrate over the coast of Ireland. 2026-08-13 If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy. 2026-08-13 In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed 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. 2026-08-13 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. 2026-08-13 Three crews experience the same devastating event; with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane. 2026-08-13 When a USAF stealth bomber crashes after takeoff, investigators search for a reason. 2026-08-13 When a turboprop stalls and crashes into a North Carolina forest, investigators resort to a risky test flight-and uncover an industry-wide safety problem. 2026-08-13 A look at experimental ships and revolutionary designers that have changed the tide of war through the centuries. 2026-08-13 A chronological look at the events of the 1944 D-Day landings, and the vessels that made the invasion possible, with an insight into personal stories and engineering wonders. 2026-08-13 A look at how technological advances over the centuries have transformed maritime warfare. 2026-08-13 Vessels that operate in secret, unseen by their enemies, from secret missions that helped win World War II to modern stealth ships using strange shapes and technology to avoid spying ears and eyes. 2026-08-13 A look at how maritime task forces and the Coast Guard are keeping commercial vessels and US shores safe from pirates and drug smugglers. 2026-08-13 A comprehensive look at the naval battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942 and the heroic efforts of U.S. sailors who held off powerful Imperial Navy. 2026-08-13 The evolution of amphibious assault vehicles, including the restoration of Britain's last surviving LCT 7074 landing craft, designed to carry six Churchill tanks. 2026-08-13 A look at how the role of battleships changed over the course of the First and Second World Wars. 2026-08-13 From tests in the River Thames, to the German's deadly U-boat attacks in World War II, this episode explores the silent threat of submarines. 2026-08-13 Stories of espionage at sea, including deadly U-boat cat-and-mouse games during WWI, the sinking of the Lusitania, a gun-smuggling private yacht that made history, and liners turned troopships. 2026-08-13 The most-produced bomber in US history, used during World War II by every branch of the American military, as well as by the Royal Air Force. 2026-08-13 A look at the amphibious aircraft and the many roles it served during WWII, from patrol bomber to search-and-rescue aircraft. 2026-08-13 The story of the world's first nuclear bomber, the B-29, and its explosive impact on aerial warfare. 2026-08-13 An inside look at Japan's A6M Zero, the most feared fighter at the start of World War II. 2026-08-13 The inside story of the massive military transport aircraft, the C-17. 2026-08-14