Chinese Company Sets World Record by Flying Over 1,300 Drones Simultaneously Ehang Egret, a UAV company in China, flew 1,374 drones over the city of Xi’an. Ehang broke the previous Guinness World record set by Intel at the 2018 Winter Olympics by 156 drones. The flight last 13 minutes and was dedicated to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “ One Belt One Road” policy.