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An Indian man is planning to take to the air by hanging from a helicopter suspended by only his ponytail.

Shailendra Roy made the pledge after pulling the famous Darjeeling toy train with his ponytail, reports the BBC.

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 for 10 metres.

The Darjeeling toy train line is so called because of the small size of the trains and the narrow gauge. It runs from the plains of West Bengal up the Himalayas to Darjeeling.

"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.

"He could have pulled the train further, but we did not allow him," said Subrata Nath of the heritage Darjeeling toy train company.