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July 22, 2020

USPA Selects Albert Berchtold as Next Executive Director

Officially Takes On The Job On January 1, 2021

Albert Berchtold, D-27832, has been selected as USPA’s next executive director, officially taking the job on January 1, 2021. After an eight-month search process, USPA’s board of directors affirmed the decision this week. Berchtold is currently marketing manager at Performance Designs, a parachute manufacturer in DeLand, Florida, where he has worked for 14 years. Berchtold serves on USPA’s board of directors, where he was first elected to the board as the Southeast Regional Director in 2012 and won reelection in 2015.

...The Airplane Touch Down On The Nose Wheel. It Then Bounced, Flipped, And Landed Upside Down

On July 1, 2020, about 1030 eastern daylight time, an Evektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar, N820NG, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Leeward Air Ranch Airport (FD04), Ocala, Florida. The sport pilot was fatally injured. The light sport airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to local law enforcement officials, the pilot was returning to her home airfield following a morning flight to Williston, Florida.