As explained in the previous post that included footage recorded by the drone, on June 11. 2013, Turkish Police fired bullets and eventually downed a radiocontrolled flying camera quadcopter during the protests in Taksim square, Istanbul.
Here’s the video, taken from the ground of the small, low flying drone being hit by the police plastic bullets.
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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