Olympic champion Bindra to fly a F-16

New Delhi: Shooter Abhinav Bindra, who last year won India's first individual Olympic gold medal, is poised to soar to a new high next week.

Bindra will board an F-16IN fighter jet for a 45-minute ride on invitation, at an air show in Bangalore, US aircraft makers Lockheed Martin said in a statement on Friday.

"I was instantly excited when the offer to fly on F16IN came," he said.

"I've heard about the adrenalin rush when the aircraft sorties in the air and am looking forward to experience it. I guess it will be an encore of what I felt when I hit the target at Olympics," he said.

Bindra won the men's 10m air rifle event in Beijing last year to become an instant celebrity in medal-starved India.