+1 on the Boomerangs and as Dennis said, you will likely always keep one in the stable.

I started with turbines 3 years ago after 15 years of flying (a lot of them giant scale aerobats both sequence and 3D). I can tell you, jets are a whole different animal especially scale jets. You're now dealing with high wing loadings, retracts, no prop blast or instant acceleration to get you out of trouble. Jets aren't hard to fly at speed, it's the landing that will bite you when you are new to them. It's a whole new experience and one I have enjoyed but it takes time to learn and adapt.

The Boomerang will be a nice intermediate step to get you used to some of these things before going to a scale ship.

Mike