Icebox N-reg aircraft are US registered.
To get your FAA medical is easy. You can look up from the FAA website the address of an FAA approved examiner in your area, I believe Dr Ian Perry is FAA approved in London.
Next step is to go and do your medical.
If you fail the Colour test administered in the doctors office then you will still get the medical, it will however say "not valid for night flight or by color signal control" (this applies to all classes of medical)
The next step is to find an optometrist or optician who has a large battery of colour vision tests try them all and who knows you may pass one of them. Here is a list of tests accepted by the FAA.
--------------------------------------------------. .Pseudoisochromatic plates. (American Optical Company [AOC], 1965 edition; AOC-HRR, 2nd edition; Dvorine, 2nd edition; Ishihara, 14-, 24- or 38-plate editions; or Richmond, 1983 edition, 1 5-plates).
Acceptable substitutes:
Farnsworth Lantern
Keystone Orthoscope.
Keystone Telebinocular.
LKC Technologies, Inc., APT-5 Color Vision Tester.
OPTEC 2000 Vision Tester (Model Nos. 2000PM, 2000PAME, and 2000PI).
Titmus Vision Tester.
Titmus 11 Vision Tester (Model Nos. Tll and TIIS).
Titmus 2 Vision Tester Model Nos. T2A and T2S).
Techniques
The test plates to be used for each of the approved pseudoisochromatic tests are: Test Edition Plates . .AOC 1965 1/15 . .AOC-HRR 2nd 1/11 . .Dvorine 2nd 1/15 . .Ishihara 14-plate 1/11 . .Ishihara 24-plate 1/15 . .Ishihara 38-plate 1/21 . .Richmond 1983 1/15
. .The following conditions should be ensured when testing with pseudoisochromatic plates:
The test book should be held 30 inches from the applicant.
Plates should be illuminated by at least 20-foot candles, preferably by a Macbeth Easel Lamp or a Verilux True Color Light (F1 5T8VLX).
Three seconds should be allowed for the applicant to interpret and respond to a given plate.
. .Testing procedures for the Farnsworth Lantern; Keystone; LKC Technologies, Inc.; OPTEC 2000, Titmus, Titmus II, and Titmus 2 Vision Testers accompany the instruments.
The results (normal or abnormal) should be recorded.
DISPOSITION. .An applicant does not meet the color vision standard if testing reveals:
. .All Classes
Seven or more errors on plates 1-15 of the AOC (1965 edition) pseudoisochromatic plates.
AOC-HRR (second edition): Any error in test plates 7-11. Because the first 4 plates in the test book are for demonstration only, test plate 7 is actually the eleventh plate in the book. (See instruction booklet).
Seven or more errors on plates 1-15 of Dvorine pseudoisochromatic plates (second edition, 15 plates).
Six or more errors on plates 1-11 of the concise 14-plate edition of the Ishihara pseudoisochromatic plates. Seven or more errors on plates 1-15 of the 24-plate edition of Ishihara pseudoisochromatic plates. Nine or more errors on plates 1-21 of the 38-plate edition of Ishihara pseudoisochromatic plates.
Seven or more errors on plates 1-15 of the Richmond (1983 edition) pseudoisochromatic plates.
Farnsworth Lantern test: An average of more than one error per series of nine color pairs in series 2 and 3. (See instruction booklet).
Any errors in the six plates of the Titmus Vision Tester, the Titmus II Vision Tester, the Titmus 2 Vision Tester, the OPTEC 2000 Vision Tester, the Keystone Orthoscope, or Keystone Telebinocular.
LKC Technologies, Inc., APT-5 Color Vision Tester: The letter must be correctly identified in at least two of the three presentations of each test condition. (See APT-5 screening chart for FM-related testing in instruction booklet).
Certificate Limitation. .If an applicant fails to meet the color vision standard as interpreted above but is otherwise qualified, the Examiner may issue a medical certificate bearing the limitation:
NOT VALID FOR NIGHT FLYING OR BY COLOR SIGNAL CONTROL.. .--------------------------------------------------
If you pass one of these tests have the eye doctor report this to the FAA.
Then a few weeks later you will recieve an unrestricted medical and a letter of evidence stating that you meet the standards.
If you fail all the above tests then you can ask the FAA for a signal light test. I believe that this can only be done in the US but it can be done at any time during your flight training.
Almost everyone passes this test. .It consists of identifying the sequence of lights flashed at you in random order from a control tower (red, green and white) at 1000' and 1500' distance.
They look like traffic lights.
If you pass then the FAA inspector will take away your old medical with the restriction on it and give you a new one with the letter of evidence on the spot.
. .As for flight schools
I recommend this one, I have dealt with a few over here and this crew really know what they are doing.
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Hope this helps