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William James McAdams, 24, was last seen in Palo Alto, California, in the early morning hours of May 8, 2015, after taking a single-engine 2011 G1000 Cessna Skyhawk 172S, tail number N191TG, from Palo Alto Municipal Airport without permission. Radar tracked the plane southwest over the Pacific, with last contact at about 2:45 a.m., roughly 70 miles off the coast of Watsonville at 134 miles per hour. Several hours later the FAA received a very brief emergency-beacon signal too short to fix a position.
An electronic signal from the aircraft was also detected near the California–Mexico border, so authorities considered he might have reached as far south as Mexico. McAdams, known as Will, owned Fly High Aviation School and had been a flight instructor; he is described as a white male, 6 feet 2 inches, 155 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes and an airplane tattoo on his shoulder. At the time he was facing criminal charges in Florida stemming from an April 24, 2015 arrest and had been released on bond.
Does anyone have information about Will’s movements or sightings after May 8, 2015?