Aero Linx: The National Association of Priest Pilots Since its humble beginnings in the 1964, the National Association of Priest Pilots has become an international group of “Flying Priests.” The membership roster lists men and women from as far north as Alaska all the way to southern Brazil. Members are to be found in European and African Countries, as well as Australia and some of the Pacific Isles. Hierarchically charter and regular members, Secular and Religious Order, rank from Archbishops to newly ordained Associate Pastors. Associate members are men and women from all walks of life supportive of the purposes and goals of NAPP. Whatever the type of membership, all value the special bond that exists am

Specific Impulse A measurement of a rocket's relative performance. Expressed in seconds, the number of which a rocket can produce one pound of thrust from one pound of fuel. The higher the specific impulse, the less fuel required to produce a given amount of thrust.

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