{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine","title":"Secrets at Sixty Thousand Feet: The U-2 Program and the Day Powers Was Shot Down","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2df561ab\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1325,"description":"Headline Wednesday: U-2 Shootdown over Sverdlovsk, Cold War. A lone spy plane cruising at 60,000 feet over the Soviet Union suddenly becomes the center of a global crisis when Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 is torn apart by a surface-to-air missile near Sverdlovsk. This episode traces the mission from the quiet, high-altitude world of the cockpit to the moment Powers falls under a parachute into hostile fields, and the Soviets realize they have captured both the aircraft and its pilot. Headline Wednesday is the Wednesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and the series is developed by Trackpads.com to bring pivotal moments in US military history to life.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/uniBmgC6UBXtj9KVRlFZP6LJoQ-Zz_nBylrzhQCz0lc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80YzE3/NzZhMDRhYmYzZmUx/NDQ3MTEzZWI3NzZk/YjBlOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}