Possible Clues:

• Tiltrotor military aircraft
• So does the predator turn to its victim
• Bird thus takes flight from quarry
• Raptor in very large quarry
• Sailor to hunt bird
• Bird appearing initially on stone by quarry
• So it's up tothe predator to be the victim at last
• A raptor's really big kill
• Flier in old jet that's noisy
• So it's up to the victim of the raptor