HT4783 AirDrop between two MacBook Airs

We have two MacBook Airs, and older one running 10.7.5 and a newer one running 10.9.1.  When running AirDrop on both, the older one can see the newer one and can transfer files successfully.  But the newer one cannot see the older one.  Any ideas?

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