Man plans air ascent by ponytail

A man in eastern India says he is going to take to the air by hanging from a helicopter suspended by his ponytail.

Earlier this week Shailendra Roy drew large crowds when he pulled the famous Darjeeling toy train with his ponytail.

One end of an iron chain was tied to his foot-long ponytail, and the other to the train engine and three coaches, weighing some 35 tonnes.

He says he keeps the hair strong by rubbing it with mustard oil and pulling cars and other heavy objects.

"I am planning to dangle myself from a helicopter," Mr Roy said after pulling the train 10 metres the town of Siliguri where the track is flat.

"It is a dream come true for me. I had planned to pull the train for at least 300 metres, but railway officials did not allow that," Mr Roy said.

A railway official said they stopped him moving the train further for safety reasons.
"I practised for this by pulling huge logs too," he said.

This is not the first time Mr Roy has been in the limelight for his ponytail.
He has pulled buses and trucks and uses small cars for practice.
Last year, his ponytail tied to a rope, he flew from one building to another in front of television cameras.