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Steve Jobs gets honored with a Virgin America airliner

posted by Charlene S. / Jan 23, 2012, 10:31 PM

Steve Jobs gets honored with a Virgin America airliner

Ever since the beloved Apple CEO has passed, various companies and individuals have sought out ways to honor him. We’ve seen things from a bronze sculpture in Budapest to a creepy Steve Jobs action figure. That latest in Jobs dedications comes from Virgin America.

The airline company has adorned the quote, “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” on the fuselage of an Airbus A320 as a tribute to the late Steve Jobs. Abby Lunardini, a spokesperson for Virgin, said that an employee participating in an internal plane naming competition suggested the tribute idea and the accompanying quote.

Virgin feels that it is similar to Jobs in the fact that it has been a leader in bringing technology to flight, particularly in the form on its onboard Wi-Fi.

"The idea behind Virgin America was to reinvent the travel experience by thinking differently about design and service--we are known for the tech-forward amenities we offer onboard," Lunardini said.

source: AppleInsider

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7 Comments

1. oueighteen95

Posts: 26; Member since: Dec 20, 2011

I am so SICK of everybody and everything putting Steve Jobs on this enormously high pedestal. Dennis Ritchie, look that name up and tell me who should have been honored more.

posted on Jan 23, 2012, 10:44 PM 4

2. Droid800

Posts: 22; Member since: Jan 23, 2012

Steve Jobs. Dennis Ritchie may be a name that those in technology circles may know, but Steve Jobs' contribution to the democratization and advancement of technology goes beyond anything that Ritchie did.

posted on Jan 23, 2012, 10:56 PM 1

3. oueighteen95

Whatever, given Jobs did contribute alot to technology, Ritchie developed the C programming language and the Unix OS which is used in pretty much EVERYTHING.

posted on Jan 23, 2012, 11:03 PM 4

6. Sackboy117

Posts: 178; Member since: Oct 17, 2011

he was easier to look up to when he was younger

posted on Jan 24, 2012, 3:11 PM 0

4. Stuntman

Posts: 843; Member since: Aug 01, 2011

I would have named it "Thermonuclear".

posted on Jan 24, 2012, 12:44 AM 0

5. tigermcm

Posts: 861; Member since: Sep 02, 2009

Seriously he is dead please stop with all this crap I hate when society feels we should honor someone when they are dead do it when they are alive then let them rest in piece dammit. I appreciate whatever he has done for the tech world but I have only bought ipods from apple and that was on a student discount other than that i dont buy apple lets move on to ppl who are alive thank you