The search for a Truckee pilot missing since flying out of Truckee-Tahoe Airport Wednesday continued into the weekend. Nevada County sheriff's deputies say 37-year-old Clayton Beck was reported missing by his wife, Lisa Beck, after he failed to return home Thursday. Deputies say the Civil Air Patrol and California Office of Emergency Services are conducting a search in a 90-mile area around the airport. Beck's single-engine, two-seater RV-6 experimental aircraft is capable of flying 750 miles on a full tank of gas, but deputies say the search is based on his usual flying habits. Beck left the airport for a short flight around the Truckee area. Eight airplanes took part in the search Friday morning after volunteers suspended flights at about 10 p.m. Thursday after trying to locate Beck's emergency locator beacon, said search...
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