How the hell did the guy stood by the nearest aircraft not die?????? Very lucky boy.
It isn't easy to see but it looks like there are painted squares on the dispersal which, if both aircraft are on them, give rotor clearance.
But, the one dragged out for what looks like a ground run, is positioned off to one side.
If the incoming pilot assumes the one on the ground is in the right place and just positions himself over the 'second' spot without checking, then intermeshing rotors do what intermeshing rotors do...............
I just began reading the thread, but you have indeed solved the problem. The little yellow rectangle was much more important than the pilot of #1 divined.