In 1987 in a dog fight over Angola, Arthur Piercy’s Mirage F1 was damaged by a Cuban pilot who deployed a missile at Piercy’s fighter craft. Piercy made it back to base, but on landing had a crash that left him permanently in a wheelchair. These days, Piercy’s flying again, and has launched a global quest of possibility and reconciliation, a journey that will see him reunite with the Cuban pilot who fired that missile. By MANDY DE WAAL.

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