Continuity mistake: When they escape from the hospital, the Hummer has its nearside rear tyre shot out, but when they ram the security hut and drive up to the plane the offside rear is now shot out. Then the nearside rear is perfect.
Continuity mistake: At the base where Murdoch makes a bbq, a truck passes by two jeeps towards a white tent. In the following two different angles the truck is always repeating the movement, passing by the jeeps over and over again.
Continuity mistake: BA puts his hand on his wound, and Hannibal places his slightly beneath. In the next shot BA's hand is gone and Hannibal's is all over BA's arm. Then it changes back to the first angle.
Continuity mistake: While Hannibal guns BA, from the front angle his head is slightly turned towards Hannibal, but totally turned in the side angle. This keeps swapping back and forth.
Continuity mistake: While Hannibal discuses with another soldier who's leading the plates operation, when the hand holds a cigar close to his mouth the position is inconsistent with the opposite angle. This happens several times.
Continuity mistake: When Faceman is at the ranch trapped around some tyres, the position of his robe around his body changes all the time. Sometimes the left part is covering his shoulder, others not; others the back swaps from covered to uncovered. it all happens from shot to shot.
Continuity mistake: In prison, Hannibal drops a folder by the edge of the table, in front of Lynch. A frame later, the folder has moved several centimeters away.
Answer: They can, but only if they have a set of modified rotor blades to be able to do it. The Apache for one is able to do it. The Huey in the movie however is unlikely in reality to be able to do it - there would be no need to fit the modified rotors to what is essentially a transporter.
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