As I type this Im looking at a photo of 78 of us in formation flying over Ottawa, this was fun, but we wont ever see such sights in the future, a pity, but true Im afraid.
Clunck, my apologies for being a bit OT but I have occasionally wondered if we could have been doing the same thing around the same time. The 78 plane flypast settles my question.
According to my logbook it was 18 September 1960, (I hope the 18th is correct) as a Battle of Britain flypast over the Parliament buildings, CF-100s and F-86s.
If memory serves the full 78 only flew on the practice day as the weather for the actual flypast was a bit low and the flypast was done by 36 aircraft.
You're right when you say it will not likely happen again in Canada at least.
Can you tell me if the picture is your own or are there any possibilities of copies being available?