An Augusta 109 Helicopter. University of Florida Shands Cair Helicopter 12 20 08

[ptirouz369]

Nice helicopter...The helicopter company I work for got one and it arrives on Friday...excited

[OberstGenosse]

what a great helicopter...

[stot2614]

Until now, I never knew that UF's ShandsCair had an Augusta A109 in their hanger! Very nice... the Ferrari of the air. :)

[aktarus2]

@stot2614 It's Agusta not Augusta. And yes, in Italy first of all Ferrari! after all the rest: Lamborghini, Maserati, Ducati, Alfa Romeo, Agusta... etc.

[stot2614]

@aktarus2 LOL... I know, just a simple typo! I actually own an Agusta polo shirt from a local helicopter service that I wear every now and then, so I know the spelling pretty well now. Thanks for noticing though. ;) The only other heli I had seen of theirs is a Eurocopter Dauphin.

[aktarus2]

@stot2614 Ok :) I also like the Agusta AW139, very powerful. In addition the A129 Mangusta, which is doing very well in Afghanistan, small fast and bad! :)

[stot2614]

@aktarus2 The Apache would kick the Mangusta's butt if they were on opposite sides (in my honest opinion), but really... I love all helicopters, there are just some that are better than the others for obvious reasons. My favorite helicopter is the Hughes/MD 500 series and MD 600 series. You can't beat the "Killer Egg". :D

[aktarus2]

@stot2614 the Apache is larger than the Mangusta and can not do things that he does not move the same way. The Mangusta is more stable in the air while Apache has more firepower and then I did not say which is better than apache, are different

[stot2614]

@aktarus2 Iw as just yanking your chain man... calm down! As I said before, I love all helicopters.

[aktarus2]

@stot2614 why do you say that? I have usually responded, I was not nervous. I just pointed out what I think of those two helicopters. If then I have to put a smile every line to show that I'm not angry I put :)

[coolsun2008]

nice ... !

[LoCreek]

Test...test.