<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">I am new to this too and having tried both a basic (PT40) and an advanced trainer (Avistar), this is my opinion.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">You have 2 choices, a basic trainer or an advanced trainer. The Nexstar is a basic. I don’t recommend them. They don’t fly like other planes. If you want to learn to fly other planes, why would you go to one that doesn’t. They tend to go back to their original position when you turn. Regular planes don’t. They are supposed to forgive you if you make a mistake, but they exhagerate too much on the dihedral of the wings, the flat bottom etc which gives you a plane that is very different from the rest. Finally, you will get bored with the basic trainer a month after you learn to fly it.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Take an instructor and get yourself an advance trainer like the Avistar. Later you can grow with this plane, and it’s as safe and as forgiving like the Nextstar and it flyies like other planes and can do a lot of maneuvers. Its only problem is the bouncing. The Alpha 40 is also another good choice. I flew this one in the flight simulator to learn and I liked it.</font></p>