26 October 1940 October 25, 2014 Author: Staff The P-51 Mustang makes its first flight. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark." Samuel Johnson — Click here for more from Samuel Johnson Related posts: 3 July 1940 15 September 1940 3 June 1940 18 June 1940 19 August 1940 26 May 1940 26 May 1940 18 June 1940 17 April 1964 26 October 1881 Categories: History Tags: 1940, 26 October