America’s biggest drone light show company is planning a very big weekend to mark July 4th 2025.
Sky Elements, already the holder of 13 Guinness World Records, is aiming for two more during Independence Day weekend 2025. The Texas-based company — which famously came in third on America’s Got Talent Season 19 — will attempt a nationwide series of synchronized light shows (including a Texas-sized cowboy hat in the sky).
A record-setting July 4th 2025 drone show marathon
To kick off the weekend early, Sky Elements will go for its first of two Guinness World Record attempts this weekend. It’s set to create the world’s largest aerial image of a cowboy hat formed by drones. That attempt takes place July 3, 2025 in Irving, Texas (the company’s home turf).
The massive, drone-made cowboy hat is one of a series of somewhat goofy records offered up by Guinness World Record where companies can hold a record for making a various design in the sky. I’ve documented records for things like “Largest aerial display of a fictional character formed by multirotors/drones (at one time held by Disneyland Paris with a massive Mickey Mouse but later nabbed by Sky Elements). In fact, a single, 13-minute long show managed to break five of these size records in one go. And in fact, Sky Elements in 2023 nabbed a size record for largest aerial sentence formed by drones, when it used 796 drones to spell out “Happy 4th of July 2023” in North Richland Hills, Texas, in 2023.
it’s the next day when the more interesting of the records begins. Starting at 9 p.m. ET on July 4th 2025, Sky Elements is aiming to break the world record for the most live drone shows performed in 24 hours by different pilots. Twenty-six unique shows will launch across the country within a four-hour span, each flown by a separate pilot.
Sky Elements: the drone show world record machine
If successful, these two stunts will bring Sky Elements’ Guinness World Record count to 15. And if their past performance is any indicator, they’ve got a solid shot.
Among the records that Sky Elements currently holds:
- Largest aerial sentence formed by drones: “Happy 4th of July 2023,” spelled with 796 drones over North Richland Hills, Texas
- Largest aerial flag and logo: 1,592 drones flew at the IAAPA Expo in Orlando
- Most drones launching fireworks simultaneously: 1,200 drones in Mansfield, Texas
- Largest fictional character: 1,499 drones depicted the Nutcracker
- Largest aerial image: Also part of the Nutcracker performance
Powered by UVify IFO drones (yes, you can buy them)
Sky Elements doesn’t manufacture its own drones. Instead, they fly drones made by a company called UVify, called the UVify IFO.
UVify supplies the drones for a number of other drone light show companies including Pixis Drones and Illumin (which was recently named the official drone light show provider for the City of Toronto). It also makes a pyro drone which (exactly what it sounds like) can launch fireworks from the air.
These drones are something you can actually buy yourself. Each drone costs roughly $1,300 and come with everything you need to get started: hardware, software, 24/7 support, training and even access to UVify’s Fleet Augmentation Bank — a rental program to supplement your fleet for bigger shows.
Want a deal? Mention coupon code DGIFO in your email to UVify sales and you’ll get:
- 5% off your order
- A free battery
- A set of high-performance props per drone
Related read: How much does a drone light show cost?
Drones flying on July 4th: what’s legal and safe?
Sky Elements’ record-breaking efforts come during the busiest day of the year for drone activity.
According to Dedrone, an airspace security company, July 4 sees more drone flights than any other day of the year. It’s also the day with the most reckless flights.
In 2023, Dedrone tracked a:
- 3.7x increase in drones flying above legal altitude
- 4.3x increase in drones entering restricted airspace
- 37% of drone flights violated at least one FAA rule on July 4
Now for what it’s worth, those figures are high in absolute numbers. The violation rate is only marginally above average. The 2023 yearly average was 36%, so it’s not that pilots get sloppier — there are just more of them flying.
Don’t fly your drone near a drone show!
And speaking of, there are tons of drone shows happening during July 4th all around the country. Check out my guide to July Fourth 2025 drone shows to find one near you. And for more fun throughout the summer, I also have a separate guide to summer 2025 drone shows that extend all the way until Labor Day.
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