Originally Posted by White Ovies
For an aircraft that hovers, sticking to a bird of prey is good but all the hovering ones (Kestrel, Harrier and Osprey) have already been used.
That got me thinking, so I turned to Google, and it turns out that buzzards occasionally hover. I don't think there's been a military 'Buzzard', and it would have been quite an appropriate choice because only some varieties can hover, and even then they mostly use a bit of headwind to help
. Trouble is the Americans call buzzards 'hawks' so it would get quite confusing; in the States a 'buzzard' is a vulture....