TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Imagine getting into a plane and you don't see a pilot in the front seat.

That could soon be a reality as an automated flying system is being tested, right now, in Terre Haute.

Mark Skoog spent more than four decades working with agencies like NASA and the FAA. He helped create aviation technology that's still used to protect fighter pilots today.

"I spent quite a bit of my career developing and bringing forward an automatic ground collision avoidance system to the F-16 fighter", Skoog said. "That is now fleet-wide implemented, as well as all the F-35s that we have. It is credited with 13 life saves to date in the field."

Now, Skoog wants to bring that technology to general aviation. He said a database, along with a plane's autopilot, can help avoid acci

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