UPSIDE-DOWN DINNER-NOVEL TRIBUTE TO FAMOUS BRITISH AIRMEN. An “upside-down dinner” in honour of the aviators Mr. B. C. Hucks (the first British airman to loop the loop) and Mr. Gustav Hamel (the first airman to loop the loop with a passenger) was recently given in the Royal Automobile Club, London. The dinner began with coffee and finished with the hors d’oeuvres, and the invitations were printed so that they had to be read with the aid of a mirror. The names from left to right are:—Messrs. J. W. Orde, G. Holt Thomas, Gustav Hamel, Grahame White, B. C. Hucks, Richard T. Gates, and J. Valentine. On the extreme right and left of the picture appear two waiters standing dressed in mechanic’s overalls. To add to the upside-down appearance the tables had legs pointing to the ceiling. [L.N.A., Photo.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1247, 12 March 1914, Page 35

UPSIDE-DOWN DINNER-NOVEL TRIBUTE TO FAMOUS BRITISH AIRMEN. An “upside-down dinner” in honour of the aviators Mr. B. C. Hucks (the first British airman to loop the loop) and Mr. Gustav Hamel (the first airman to loop the loop with a passenger) was recently given in the Royal Automobile Club, London. The dinner began with coffee and finished with the hors d’oeuvres, and the invitations were printed so that they had to be read with the aid of a mirror. The names from left to right are: —Messrs. J. W. Orde, G. Holt Thomas, Gustav Hamel, Grahame White, B. C. Hucks, Richard T. Gates, and J. Valentine. On the extreme right and left of the picture appear two waiters standing dressed in mechanic’s overalls. To add to the upside-down appearance the tables had legs pointing to the ceiling. [L.N.A., Photo.