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Hot and Hi
The question who had right of way it irrelevant in this case. By definition, those rules only applies to two aircraft that are aware of each other. The Rules of the Air then prescribe what evasive manoeuvre each aircraft has to make to deconflict. (Like it would be stupid if two aircraft on a collision course would both pull-up, and then still collide despite both pilots having taken evasive action.)
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H&H, surely the rules around approaching landing areas apply whether aircraft have seen each other or not.
As a fixed-wing pilot I know zip about choppers, but the same principles apply?