<p>Kapoor will take a joy ride on the fighter jet of US aerospace major Lockheed Martin, with a pilot giving him company in the cockpit Feb 12 at the show, a company official said here Saturday. <br /><br />"It is a huge honour and privilege and at the same time probably the coolest thing I've done yet in life... I am super excited about it," Shahid said in a statement.<br /><br />"Shahid Kapoor, who is playing the role of an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer in 'Mausam', will be flying the F-16 at AeroIndia Feb 12," a spokesperson for Lockheed Martin said. <br /><br />"Mausam" is an upcoming Hindi film directed and written by Pankaj Kapur, Shahid's father and actor, under the Vistaar Religare Film Fund banner. The film would also feature actress Sonam Kapoor. <br /><br />As part of his role in "Mausam", Shahid has got acquainted with the various aspects of fighter planes and the IAF life by meeting air force personnel over the last year.<br /><br />Tata group chief Ratan Tata has been the only other Indian personality to have flown the F-16 earlier. He flew the plane for 20 minutes in a twin-seater F-16 at the 2007 air show. <br /><br />This year's air show will begin Feb 9 and go on till Feb 13. While the first three days of the five-day event at the Yelahanka air force base near Bangalore will be for business visitors, the last two days will be for the general public. <br /><br />During the air show, there will be flying display of several fighter aircraft, including major contenders for IAF's 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft tender. </p>.<p>Among them are F-16s, American firm Boeing's F/A-18s, European consortium EADS' Eurofighter Typhoon and Swedish firm SAAB's Gripen aircraft. Only Russian MiG-RAC's MiG-35 will be missing among the flying displays in this edition of the biennial event. </p>
<p>Kapoor will take a joy ride on the fighter jet of US aerospace major Lockheed Martin, with a pilot giving him company in the cockpit Feb 12 at the show, a company official said here Saturday. <br /><br />"It is a huge honour and privilege and at the same time probably the coolest thing I've done yet in life... I am super excited about it," Shahid said in a statement.<br /><br />"Shahid Kapoor, who is playing the role of an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer in 'Mausam', will be flying the F-16 at AeroIndia Feb 12," a spokesperson for Lockheed Martin said. <br /><br />"Mausam" is an upcoming Hindi film directed and written by Pankaj Kapur, Shahid's father and actor, under the Vistaar Religare Film Fund banner. The film would also feature actress Sonam Kapoor. <br /><br />As part of his role in "Mausam", Shahid has got acquainted with the various aspects of fighter planes and the IAF life by meeting air force personnel over the last year.<br /><br />Tata group chief Ratan Tata has been the only other Indian personality to have flown the F-16 earlier. He flew the plane for 20 minutes in a twin-seater F-16 at the 2007 air show. <br /><br />This year's air show will begin Feb 9 and go on till Feb 13. While the first three days of the five-day event at the Yelahanka air force base near Bangalore will be for business visitors, the last two days will be for the general public. <br /><br />During the air show, there will be flying display of several fighter aircraft, including major contenders for IAF's 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft tender. </p>.<p>Among them are F-16s, American firm Boeing's F/A-18s, European consortium EADS' Eurofighter Typhoon and Swedish firm SAAB's Gripen aircraft. Only Russian MiG-RAC's MiG-35 will be missing among the flying displays in this edition of the biennial event. </p>