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I watched a few of the training films that are out there on YouTube for WW2 aircraft showing how to start the engine.
I don't know why I'm surprised that everything I did to start my car in winter in Iowa before computers ran everything is stuff you do when cold starting a P-47.
The big difference is there's no spring returning the throttle to idle and the throttle is hand controlled not foot. Oh, and an airplane has manual mixture control.
Otherwise, just your standard 4-stroke gas engine.
But it is kinda funny watching the instructor wiggling the throttle lever to "feather it" like I would tickle the pedal to get it to catch when it hasn't quite started.
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