AvCraft’s ‘sweetheart’ deal draws fire from councilman
While those with an interest awaited word from Leesburg, Va.-based AvCraft about when it would get its German assembly line rolling, another curious develo

While those with an interest awaited word from Leesburg, Va.-based AvCraft about when it would get its German assembly line rolling, another curious development involving local officials and businessmen in South Carolina raised questions about the status of the company’s Myrtle Beach maintenance base.

Councilman Marion Foxworth of Horry County, S.C., is waging a campaign to block financial incentives that attracted AvCraft to Myrtle Beach International Airport. A staunch opponent of a plan by airport director Bob Kemp to add a second runway and a new 32-gate terminal at Myrtle Beach, Foxworth called AvCraft’s $750,000 incentive package and its rolling 30-day “space-use agreement” for $1.60 per square foot a “sweetheart deal” executed with “smoke and mirrors.”