Anna Yu
on
Nov 25, 2008 2:22 PM PST
Ever wish you could go online on those long holiday cross-county flights? Wish no more because it has come true! Earlier this week,
Virgin America launched its first Wi-Fi enabled plane with Gogo Inflight Internet and the first ever "air-to-ground" video stream to
YouTube Live €“ YouTube's first official real-world user event. Virgin America's Wi-Fi enabled plane circled the skies 35,000 feet above San Francisco with special guests, media, and all-star bloggers testing out Gogo on
laptops,
smartphones and
PDAs. Also onboard, Los Angeles DJ
Jesse 'BoyToy' Lozano did a live broadcast while NBC
30 Rock stars
Katrina Bowden and
Keith Powell performed a live "YouTube Air" skit streamed to the YouTube Live audience on the ground and on-line. The Wi-Fi enabled aircraft will be flying all over the U.S. as a Thanksgiving surprise to guests, and by 2009, Virgin America will be the first U.S. carrier to offer fleet-wide inflight internet!