Medical examiners in the UK (taken from
www.caa.co.za):
Orton, Peter
aviation medica inflite, hangar 1, first avenue, londonstanstedairport, essex, cm 241RY
09-44 1279 661 580
tallent, david, n
brookdale medical centre, 79 povey cross road, gatwick airport, rh6 0ae, uk
09-44-1293-776-996
alexander, bruce, r
9 de havillands, bekesbourne, ct45bw, kent, uk
09-44-1843-222-404
perry, i
19 cliveden place, london
09-44-207-730-8045
wallace, jt
40 hadham road, bishop stortford, herts, cm23 2qt
09-44-1279-654-053
edington, kenneth
Airport medical services, 35 massets road, horley (near gatwick), surrey, rh6 7dQ, uk
09-44-1293-775-336
goodwin, sa
Airport medical services, 35 massets road, horley (near gatwick), surrey, rh6 7dQ, uk
09-44-1293-775-336
As far as flight examiners go, I know of one chap in England who does fixed-wing exams, but nothing for rotary. That said, I haven't looked all that hard, as I always intended to do JAA qualifications.
I have flown with Base4, and found them to be friendly and helpful. Be warned, though, they are very busy, so if have weather cancellations (because you were there in the middle of winter, natch
), you may have to wait some time before you can re-book. I am aware of at least one other operator in Cape Town (of whom I have no experience), and can highly recommend one in Port Elizabeth.
When I was there in August, SA was in the process of switching to the new computer-based exams and the streamlined foreign license validation process, so things were a bit chaotic, but I would imagine they've settled down a bit now. I can give you the full run-down on getting a JAA PPL(H) validated and pleasure flying in SA (including which bits of Cape Town International Airport NOT to fly over) if you're interested.