A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward, and laterally. These attributes allow helicopters to be used in congested or isolated areas where fixed-wing aircraft and many forms of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft cannot perform.

The word helicopter is adapted from the French language hélicoptère, coined by Gustave Ponton d'Amécourt in 1861, which originates from the Greek helix (ἕλιξ) "helix, spiral, whirl, convolution"^[1] and pteron (πτερόν) "wing".^[2][3][4][5] English-language nicknames for helicopter include "chopper", "copter", "helo", "heli", and "whirlybird".

--so says Wikipedia

I got to go up in a helicopter as part of my work a couple of days ago and I can tell you, IT WAS FANTASTIC. I cannot recommend a 10 minute ride around Manhattan any more highly. It will clear your mind and your heart. I expected to be afraid, but I felt safer than I do in a big jet airliner. The pilot was great, telling us what we were looking at and making the occasional joke.

Neil Degrasse Tyson says it all,

"Those who see the cosmic perspective as a depressing outlook, they really need to reassess how they think about the world. Because when I look up in the universe, I know I'm small but I'm also big. I'm big because I'm connected to the universe, and the universe is connected to me."

Go for a ride.