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Two airplanes of the same category are converging at the same altitude. Which one has the right of way?
Choices
The airplane on the other’s left
The rule favors the aircraft on the right, not the left.
✓ The airplane on the other’s rightcorrect
When converging, the aircraft to the other’s right has the right of way.
The airplane that is descending
Descending does not by itself grant right of way in a converging situation.
Whichever airplane radios first
Right of way is determined by position, not radio timing.
Why
When aircraft of the same category are converging, the aircraft to the other’s right has the right of way; the other pilot must give way.
FAA source: 14 CFR 91.113browse the reference library →
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