Originally Posted by welkyboy
The Rules of the Air were derived from the Rules of Shipping, which were dreamt up well before cars were invented......
Quite true, nevertheless, the rules of shipping are fundamentally different. There is NO right of way in shipping. The only thing existing are rules determining who has to stay on track, and who has to change track. And in a situation, where a collision risk is evolving, everybody HAS to navigate in a way to avoid this. Thus NO right of way!