Exhibit B 

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July 11, 2014 

Aaron Holly, President 

Skycji)te Myrtle Beach, Inc. 

:3032 F!!IIS River Avenue 

R!!leigh, NG 27614 

Re: Unauthorized occupancy of Hanger 7 at CRE 

Mr. Holly: 

In light.ofthe report of difficulties with thedoorlo f.langar 7, i am wri!lng to mal\eclear Horry 

CountY Department ofAirports {"HCOA") ongoing ccmcerns with co.Htinued occupa!iori o.f Hangar7 at 

Grand Strand Airport ("CRE") by Sl<ydive Myrtle Beach, Inc. ("Skydlve"). 

As you know, the Space Use Permit sign_ ed by Skydive in September.201:3 expired oo January . . . - . 

31, 2014, Since tllat date, SKyel!v!l has refusoo to sign a saco.n!I'S]JSCe usa Panm!t and filal!l suit In south 

Carolina state as well as filed lwo separata Part 16 complamts with the Fe•detal Aviation 

Administration, first of which was dismiss.ed and the secanil of whicll W<!S July 1, Since 

January 31, 2014 Skydi\le has continued to occupy Hangar 7, l!llle.h though HCDAhas issued. a notice of 

In ~;um, Skydive continues to occupy Hangar 7 Without the authoti:zai:Jon or permission of HCPA 

and HCDA, and by this f\Otice HCDA reiterates Its demand that Skydtve Hangar 7 rmmediate!y 

unless Sky<:live is willing to enter into e Use Permitw~h mutually acceptli\ble terms. 

On July 4, 2014, at 10:24 p.m., you san! an email on behalf of Skydive to Jason Terreri. HCDA 

appears ready to .falloff the uppertrack. Could be next.time we move it' In response, ypu were advised 

by Mr. lerreri not tQ touch or movefhj;\' qoor. Subsequently, HCDA arranged with its co.ntraptorto lnspeot 

the door and the contractor was able to realign the door ill. Ill; tracks. 

To be clear, Skydive's continued occupancy of Hangar 7 is at its own risk.and withoutHCDA's 

authorization or permission. Should'Skydive notice MOre operational difficulties with the door lo Hangar 

7 before the e]eotmentproceeding is concluded. including Its mechanism, Skydive immediately 

!Ieese any attempts to move !he door in the interest ofsafety. reservej! !h.e rlg!\tto recover from 

Skydive any costs assocla\ecl with repairing any damage to Hangar 1; Including door, caused by 

Skydive or its employees, agents or invitees. If berore the ejectment action is concluded Hangar .7 

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becomes unsafe to usefor any reason, as the owner of Hangar 1, HOOA reserves the rightto restrletany 

or all use !)ftht! Hangar by any party, includinS Skydive. I! Hangar 7 must be closed, Skydlve .wqulc! .b!l 

r~quired to immediately v;acat~ H;;mg<:~r7, remove its p:ersonal propertyfr9rntl1e hangar, andm~ 

arrangements tp undertake its non-ae!onautical operations, su~n as cla!jsroornlhslruction, cust1;lmer 

cheOk·in,:and par:<J.chute packing, from anoth!lriQ:C<!tion, rernqte from CRE, In su:ch .;~n ~vent HCDA 

would work With .skydive to develop a plan that would permit SR.ydble t() contirlUe its aeronauti~l 

•operations at CRE, consistent with law ariel HCPA palfoies, 

This is !0 put Skydlve on continued notice, and is, not tequasting a respons~ or t:!ebate on !h~a 

issues, as t11a.t debate is more appropriately handled in p-ending litl!iJa!lar.L 

cc: Rob~>rtG Eastm.!'ln, !;Osq, 

Patriqia Apone, AAt., 

Director of Airports 

Jason Tarreri, A!SS:istal'lt Airl)ort DireCtor 

Arrigo Caro.fti, Esq. Horry County Atiorney 

H, RandolPh liaJdl, Esq, Dei)U,!y County Attorn~y 

David Y, Bannar:cl, Es~ •• Foley & LarQner .LLP 

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July 10,2014 

Aaron Holly, President 

Skydive Myrtle Beach., lnc. 

3oS2 Falls River Avenue 

Raleigh, NG 27!)14 

Re: Safety of S[)MS's Operations 

Mr< 

Thank you parllclioellina in lhe meeting on June 251h regarding the 

relating to the operations of SK:foi\re Myrtle ("SDI\ilB") at Grand $lrand Airport '""'~"''' with 

representatives ofthe Federal Avi,ali(ln,l\l;llninistraticm r"I'A.A"l "'"''"'Y Department of Aviation 

(''HCDA"), t~e contract tower at and our counsel. and 

yours. At that meetinQ, we emphasized that HCDNs primary cor1Celi1 is !he saletvof :all operations at 

CRE,.Including those of SDMB as well as those ()I the pfjots The discussi<lns 

regarding the open issues in the LOA helped Us to better umlerJ>l<!U1d :some SDMB 

address In 11$ operations at CRE. 

one m~?aevre .to improve safety, as we discussed, within the last few months, n"u" 

adoplad a policy of docurneming incidents and ;;~ICRE. In jUst three 

months, CRE tower, private o!Jetators 

ace!dents lnvolvingSD!MB, including 

incidents and 

peoi&strian or v•ehi(;uiar lhc:ursiions into m .. mnllln'lv or ope(lili!1!3 

taxiways at CRE 

.lm::ldents, Including a SDMB parachutist landing on lanclingin front of a 

moving fuel truck. This regular failure of.SDMB parachutists to land. within !he designated landing 

CRE as well as to observe the bar on crossing active taxiways and runways without permission from CRE 

ATC could lead to serious injuries, property damage or the death of skydivers or other persons at CRE, 

These conditions are simply not acceptable to HCDA 

know, is a aviation with many rl!>Jo.roilin¥1!: 

constralnec;l airport, with areas that can be as a lamling 

to accommodate SDMB's operations at we must be able f<l i<a1relv .ac:C:!::linrrrod:3ta 

of CRE. In order to do so, SDMB must ensure !~at its emrploya~!$ and 

able lo OQnsistenlly land within !lie designated landln!ij zone. If that ls not po!ssltlle, 

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a land. 

worked hard 

Exhibit B 
With .SDMB, mustfind ways to mitigate tha.hazard presented by skydivers lamiing e1$ewhereonthe 

airport, 

We have reviewed SDMB:s requestfl:it an expanded Iandin~ zone at.CRE. In HGOII:s)l1dq!Tlent, 

!he addi~onal areas. that )IOU have requeste<:ftp be includer:!ln the landing Z<il'1!i' cann¢ safely 

.$ccommodate. skydiving operations. Much oftherequeste.d !fltE!l! i~; Immediately ai:jjacent ttt the taxiway· 

l!lld portions woul(j ;;~!so extend Into the runway safety area at the end of Runway 23. We ;;~re co.ncarn~ 

ih;;~t tegUII!lr skydiving l;;~hding!'; ill !base areas ooulo;l ®.!lfliet With l!imraft op.,ralloJ!S Putlher, another 

large portion Qf.the suggested are<rlies adjacent to the. airport bOilnl!ary fance and thetteeJ> .. opposltiHhe 

fence. Therefore, the .existing boUndaries ofthelanding zan~ Will .be :toaiRtained. 

w,. reP<lgniz., ~hat on rare o~casiC>nll: ,:a s~ydiven.Villland outside th" .handing zoni>, bu't in !hE!. 

interest of safely apcommodatina all aerpnatJtical o~at!llions !'! CRE, it~~ .~tremely lmpl:l.rtantfl\at 

SDI\IIB's skY<:livers ba trained and capable of consisll!l'jtly landing within tha landillg zone and, if .a liarldil1ij 

ou!e!d.e the landing zone Js unavoidable, that such skydivers are able to sate!y controUhe lantlitlp •l$l:Y alitd 

avoid coriliictwith other operations. 

As a result of our recent meeting and SDMBcs history of repeated ex<;!Jrs!ons from the·de:slgna~ 

lan~lngzoh!1, HCDA ls instituting th.e following cnl:l.nges ana cqnqitions with respect to SDM!3's opar;otions 

at(]RE: 

1. S)),MB roust maintain a.log.of all juropers and theirTJ.S.P,A, licensl,lre sta~, or indi~ate lliat 

they were a tandem jumper, and make th~t log <!Vidlablect:O HCDAStl!ff fod'nspecticm and 

copying upon request 

2. All SDMB staff and skydivers must pe instructed that, if they lamHiutslde the l<;~nding zon~, no 

one may eross the taxiway qrrunway wilhqu! l;ermission from (()fl:l!f.J\TC. lfe iandinQ on a 

!aJ<iway or runway cannot be avoio.ect, ttia skydi\ler must !i!)(it thetaX11NacY or ri,mway as quicklY ail. 

possible, a no any. such landing must bo;>.repoctil.d to CRE ATC !'nd HCDA il'llm<'ll:liately by 1;3DMI3. 

3.. S.DMB and its employees, agents, cwstamers a.nd ~uallfs must cooperate M~ with ~Y 

investl.g~tion by HCDA, FAA or other governmental enn!y wl!:bjwrisdlclion Into ;!lny .pastor ftttur~ 

lrtcliie.ms. or accidents related to SDMB's operations at CRE. 

I woulct.ilke f() remind you that as the operator of a skYdiving com!lany, SDMB hail a r$~ottslbifity to 

exercise care and good juqgment wnen executing ev.eryjump, esl)l!llia]lywith student skydi\lets, 'rna 

FAA regul<rtions applicable to skydili]ng, 14 CFR Part 105, .provide that" No pec!;on m;,y ~onducta 

parachute ppr;~ration ... if thi!t operation creates a hazard to l!ir iratrc Q;'to persons or propefilt on. the 

surfat::l'!." (14 OFR§105,5.) The FAA's advisory guidance on skydiVing, Acivlso.ry Ciroular(AO) 1J:i0"~e, 

n~tes that '.$trong or gusty win<;ls can b11 dangerous, aspE!Clally to !ritJ~entjuJT!pers:" As YoU knowdhe 

wlotl off: Q.f tt)e oc;ean adjacent to C.RE can change direc!ioll. ancf ve:ICcity rapidly: SPMB must constantly 

be rmntlltd of weather and other relevant <;ondltians while col'ldUQtlng skydiving dperatkms an~ When 

conditions warrant, SDflllB musttake appropriate actfqn, Tnc.ludinfj t)ancelling jumps if necessary, to 

ensure that it. is operating safely at !Ill ~im~as. 

HGOA haS' the obligation to monitor all operations at ORE, lnciuding those.of $DMB,. JfWe find !~at 

SDMB's sRYdivers cannot consistently .land within th!l Iandin!) ;;:one at CRE and o!:)l5fa!e In a safe manner, 

HODA reservas the right to impose addltlonal condilioRs on StlMB'soperatlons atCFil:, up to and 

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inclu!ling barring SDMB and its customers a.nd guests landing at We recognize lh"lt.skydlving 

is an aeronautical activity and we ar!9 making to accommodate $DMB's 

operations ;at CRE. However, !lversrchlng obligation is to safely 

uSl311> l:lfthe.airport .. If SDMB's operations .conflict with take whatever steps 

1are necessary to ensure that safety is mainb1in•!d 

~pone, ~Us::f:/71~ Director of Airports 

cc: Robert G. Eastman, Esq. 

FAA AT\.. ADO 

Ricarido G. Washington, MYR 

Gerald Pendleton, 

Glen Ray, Robinson AVfatlo•n, ATC 

Assistant Airport Director 

Arrigo Carotti, Esq., Harry County Attorney 

H. Randolph Haldi, Esq., Deputy County Al!r1rn•m 

David Y. Bannard, & 1-aron'"' 

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