Virgin America names jet after Steve Jobs quote

(CBS) - Virgin America honored tech legend Steve Jobs with a line from one of his most famous speeches.

MacRumors reported that the airline painted the words "Stay hungry, stay foolish" on the side of an Airbus A320.

The Airbus' new name was taken from a 2005 commencement address that Jobs delivered at Stanford University.

"On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you."

A spokesperson at the airline explained told MacRumors the name change of the jet with jet with a tail numberN845VA was part of an "internal plane naming competition."

Virgin America has Bay Area roots - its hub is located at the San Francisco International Airport.