United accepts one carbon dioxide (CO2) powered inflatable life jacket as checked or carry-on baggage. CO2 cartridges must be packed in checked baggage. Life jacket restrictions: Up to two small non-flammable gas cylinders fitted into the life jacket and up to two small spare cartridges will be accepted.
Benjamin Henry Grierson was a music teacher, then a career officer in the United States Army. He was a cavalry general in the volunteer Union Army during the Civil War and later led troops in the American Old West. He is most noted for an 1863 expedition through Confederate-held territory that severed enemy communication lines between Vicksburg, Mississippi and Confederate commanders in the Eastern Theater. After the war he organized and led the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry Regiment from
Guion 'Guy' Bluford, Jr (born November 22, 1942), is an engineer, retired Colonel from the United States Air Force and a former NASA Astronaut He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992 In 1983, as a member of the crew of the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-8, Bluford became the first African American in space Guion Guy Bluford, Jr was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 22, 1942 His mother, Lolita was a special education teacher and his father ...