Pataraia believes he has dragged himself into the record books at the Alexeyevka military airfield near the Georgian capital Tbilisi on the weekend when he pulled a 7,734 kg (17,050 lb) military helicopter for 26.3 metres (yards) with his ear.
Pataraia, 27, encouraged by a crowd of his family, friends and supporters, attached one end of the rope to his ear while the other end was tied to the front wheel of the helicopter.
Sportsman Lasha Pataraya pulls MI-8 helicopter, weighing 7734 kilogrammes by his ear for 26.3m along an airfield
Followed by the cheering crowd, he pulled it for about 20 seconds, almost fainting after he finished.
Just minutes after setting a new world record, Pataraia told reporters he was already planning to set another record.
"It was very difficult, I was very nervous. But I hope in the future with both my ears to move a subject twice as heavy as this one," Pataraia told Reuters Television.
The organisers of the event claimed that Pataraia has set both the world and the Guinness record although a representative of the Guinness Book of Records was not present.
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