“I’ll bet you were awesome on the rugby field!” I said, with some feeling. “I wasn’t allowed to wear my spectacles when we played, so I couldn’t see the danger,” Frank laughed. “So people tended to keep out of my way.”
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FIRST NAME
LOCATION
TEL NO
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Britz
Rudi
Wonderboom Airport
083 422 9882
rudiavmed@gmail.com
Church
Belinda
Valhalla
079 636 9860
churchbs@live.com
Du Plessis
Alexander
Athlone Park
031 904 7460
dex.duplessis@intercare.co.za
Erasmus
Philip
Benoni
011 849 6512
pdceras-ass@mweb.co.za
Govender
Deena
Umhlanga Rocks
031 566 2066/7 deena@drdg.co.za
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Ingham
Kenneth
Midrand
011 315 5817
kaingham@hotmail.com
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Marais
Eugene
Mossel Bay
044 693 1470
eugene.marais@medicross.co.za
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Opperman
Chris
Pretoria Lynnwood
012 368 8800
chris.opperman@intercare.co.za
Schutz
Ernest
Germiston
011 825 5300
schutzfm@iafrica.com
Tenzer
Stan
Rand Airport & JHB CBD
083 679 0777
stant@global.co.za
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Toerien
Hendrik
White River, Nelspruit
013 751 3848
hctoerien@viamediswitch.co.za
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Van Der Merwe
Johann
Stellenbosch
021 887 0305
johann.vdmerwe@medicross.co.za
Van Niekerk
Willem
Benoni
011 421 9771
http://willemvanniekerk.co.za
Other countries
AME Doctors Listing
EASA registered
“Frank is going to change your life,” said Tony, encouragingly. “He’s your new Camp Boss.”
FAA registered
Ali, the Air Traffic Controller, doubled as a Briefing Officer, and checked and accepted my flight plan. He asked me to take a letter to his brother who was a surveyor with our seismic team. Ali had a problem making ends meet on a salary which had not been reviewed since the British had left, twenty years previously and so I was fairly confident what request was contained in the letter. I was embarrassed to calculate that my pay-check was approximately twenty times greater than Ali’s although I had responsibility for a maximum of ten passengers where he was ensuring the safety of hundreds. Neither he nor Nasir allowed this obvious discrepancy to get in the way of our friendship, however, and I did what I could to try and redress the balance in kind, by satisfying their very modest requirements whenever I came back from taking leave.
Off-site Specialist tests
“Sounds good. See you in a minute.”
On site Specialist tests
“Full mains should be OK. We’ve just received twenty thousand litres in the camp.”
Senior Class 1, 2, 3, 4
Tony nodded, “What do you need?”
Tony was right about the rugby player. He was seriously massive. He wore a pair of spectacles which were so thick that I could hardly see his eyes from my reduced elevation. This is Frank,” said Tony with the proud flourish of a circus ring master. “Ex Kenya Rugby International and one of the biggest people I know!” An enormous black hand reached down and grasped mine with surprising care. “I have heard a lot about you. I hope it is not all true!” The great paw moved up and down as if conducting the resonant music of his words. “But anyway, it is a pleasure to meet you.” The voice was so deep and distant that I was half expecting the big lips to move a couple of seconds before the sound arrived.
Regular Class 2, 3, 4
“Could I ask you to handle the refuelling?”
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