Retired Col. Pete Mapes, a pilot-physician, demonstrates a ground collision avoidance system he installed on his Cessna aircraft during a flight over Maryland, April 7, 2016. Mapes was instrumental to the employment of Auto GCAS in fighter jets across the Air Force and co-wrote the first Air Force instruction for pilot-physicians. Because of unique medical and human factors qualifications, pilot-physicians are particularly well suited to help develop new aircraft, life support equipment and avionics or software upgrades, and to ensure that changing missions can be accommodated by crews and air

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Retired Col. Pete Mapes, a pilot-physician, demonstrates a ground collision avoidance system he installed on his Cessna aircraft during a flight over Maryland, April 7, 2016. Mapes was instrumental to the employment of Auto GCAS in fighter jets across the Air Force and co-wrote the first Air Force instruction for pilot-physicians. Because of unique medical and human factors qualifications, pilot-physicians are particularly well suited to help develop new aircraft, life support equipment and avionics or software upgrades, and to ensure that changing missions can be accommodated by crews and aircraft. ( Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson) by AirmanMagazine

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