Another Martha's Vineyard jaunt

The weather was similar to last weekend as was the route. This time, I was honored with the presence of Jay Doubman who braved the wee hours of the morning for a 7:30 a.m. departure from Bedford.

The routing was identical to the last flight with a direct to MVY clearance from Boston approach control almost immediately after departure. The only glitch was on the approach to the extended right base leg at Vineyardhaven, there was a Piper executing a long, slow extended final. Tower asked if we could swing into a right downwind of sorts, hugging the coastline and giving the Piper time to land so we obliged. After turning final we dropped flaps and slowed to approach speed but as we apporached the fence, the Piper was still on the runway! I prepared for a go-around but after some verbal assistance from the tower, the Piper finally got the idea an cleared the runway just befor we touched down.

After breakfast, we received the familiar routing back to Beford via FREDO and touchdown was a real greaser.