The biography of the late Mr Justice Cecil Margo, judge of the Supreme (High) Court of South Africa, and a world-renowned aviation expert. He chaired many commissions of enquiry into aeroplane disasters, including the crash of the Helderberg and the aircraft carrying the late Samora Machel, president of Mozambique. A much-decorated bomber pilot, he joined the Bar after the war, and was appointed to the bench in 1971.