Originally Posted by 2walla

John "sparky" Welsh earned his nickname by blowing a few transformers in north San Antonio 18 or so years ago. We were flying at the local high school and Bob Sawyer flew a couple passes through the high voltage wires. Not to be outdone john tried a pass, caught a wire, and the wire swung up and back and flopped it over the top of another wire after releasing his plane. BIG BOOMS followed as several transformers blew. Power went out, Plane was unharmed. John packed up and quietly left . A couple of days later John walked into the hobby shop and Bob gave him a hearty "Hey hows it going Sparky" as a greeting.