To highlight how times change, a loose formation of (a few, don't ask), broke off from another loose formation of well over 50 aircraft doing a flyover at Sydney for Syd Marshall's funeral and went "commando" under the bridge.
A few questions were asked, but NOBODY gave ANYBODY up, despite the obvious sightings from air and ground. I know, I was thereabouts.
These days a thousand daggers would be in your back.
DCA had faults, but nowhere as evil as our present day CASA. At least they were respected as Gentlemen with a high degree of aviation experience yet not a whit of legal personal interpretation to commonsense regulations.