On the Cockpit Management and the Landing questions you might find this interesting:
Thr RL startup was not so complex as some people might imagine and it adds just a little more immersion if CoD has it.
On the landing, if you watch the last minute or so you will see that the Spit does skip, wheels even, on the first touch and lands unevenly on the second, left wheel first, but settles immediately.
In IL-2 that second bounce would have the gear off or the a/c on its back as the wobble increased until disaster struck. I am hoping CoD will be more like the real thing.