I wasn't at the Lincoln Nats, but I vaguely remembered the write up [Charlie Johnson had the column then] about the explosion. Just last winter the subject of flyaways came up and I relayed the story about the exploding transformer and power outage. This is when I was bombarded by Electrical Engineers and other experts who claimed that this could not have happened. That it's physically impossible for .018" wire to bridge between 2 phases or phase to ground long enough to blow anything up. Their reasoning was that circuit breakers would save the day.
I couldn't argue, but I put out a APB to all "Old Timers" who could back me up. This is when Andy weighed in with his account of what happened and by this time I was able to produce the AMA magazine article that reported the explosion.
Technically, if the voltage is high enough and the atmospheric conditions are right, something like a tiny steel cable could flick a power line, ionize the air and create a fault current that the fuse doesn't react to until a transformer gets boiling hot and erupts like Mt. Vesuvius.
I always liked 80 mph because it gave me time to see which way to turn to untangle lines and time to abort an attack / collision. I like using the heaviest engine I can for these events because it makes the plane pull hardest and improve the odds of coming out on top when lines get tangled.