We've seen helicopters hover both in movies and in real life rescues. The Guinness World Record for the longest hover, set in 1989, is 50 hours.

How Helicopters Hover. Hovering is typically not a position in the sky that pilots can simply set for the aircraft to maintain. Though there are limited autopilot solutions for helicopter pilots, ...

Take a look at Bell's 360 Invictus, a candidate in the FARA program to be the Army's next armed scout helicopter. Here's how it works.