it would appear, that Mr. Copeland's
aircraft did indeed have the right-of-way by virtue of being to the
right of the NORDO aircraft.

I'm a little confused here. The encounter was head-on or nearly so, no?
And the right of way rules apply to non-head-on approaches. So, how
did you "turn to pass behind" somebody who was nearly head on?

Jose
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