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Some Things
Are More Fun
at 35,000 Feet...
Especially If
It’s Your First Time
On November 22, Virgin America launched its airborne Wi-Fi service on a special invitation only beta flight above San Francisco headed to YouTube Live. As the only airline based in Silicon Valley, we partnered with another home-town company - YouTube - for two memorable firsts on the beta flight: |
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The first-ever live, air-to-ground video-stream: broadcasting to thousands of people at YouTube Live in San Francisco - and millions of viewers online. |
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The beta launch of Gogo Inflight Internet service on Virgin America and; |
The sneak peek flight aboard a new Virgin America Airbus A320 featured TV and Internet celebrities, a First Class Wi-Fi lounge outfitted with HP UltraPortable laptops, and plenty of YouTube-worthy moments. Flight guests and specially invited Elevate members had the chance to test out surfing at 35,000 feet via Gogo Wi-Fi service. Virgin America is rolling out Gogo Inflight Internet to its planes starting in late November and will be the first US carrier to offer in-flight Wi-Fi truly fleet-wide by spring of 2009.
As the official travel sponsor of YouTube Live, Virgin America was thrilled to fly guests headed to the show and open our planes to YouTube celebs to shoot self-directed videos, including this video by "Chocolate Rain" singer Tay Zonday. |
Check out what other fun YouTube notables LisaNova, Brandon Hardesty, and William Sledd have been up to with Virgin America by visiting our enhanced Virgin America channel on YouTube.
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