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“Could I ask you to handle the refuelling?”

Tony nodded, “What do you need?”

“Full mains should be OK. We’ve just received twenty thousand litres in the camp.”

“Sounds good. See you in a minute.”

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. 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.

“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.”

“Frank is going to change your life,” said Tony, encouragingly. “He’s your new Camp Boss.” 

AME Doctors Listing

SURNAME FIRST NAME LOCATION TEL NO E-MAIL

Regular Class 2, 3, 4 Senior Class 1, 2, 3, 4 On site Specialist tests Off-site Specialist tests

Britz Rudi Wonderboom Airport 083 422 9882 rudiavmed@gmail.com ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

Church Belinda Valhalla 079 636 9860 churchbs@live.com

FAA registered EASA registered Other countries

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

Ingham Kenneth Midrand 011 315 5817 kaingham@hotmail.com

Marais Eugene Mossel Bay 044 693 1470 eugene.marais@medicross.co.za ✗ ✗

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

Toerien Hendrik White River, Nelspruit 013 751 3848 hctoerien@viamediswitch.co.za ✗ ✗ ✗

Van Der Merwe Johann Stellenbosch 021 887 0305 johann.vdmerwe@medicross.co.za ✗ ✗