ORIGINAL: jester_s1
Given your situation I'd suggest starting with a giant scale Stick. Sticks are aerobatic planes with symmetrical airfoils but with stall resistant wings and slightly larger than necessary tails. That makes them extremely stable in wind and extremely forgiving of bad piloting, but there's not an aerobatic maneuver they can't do aside from snaps and spins. As you get into the plane hobby, there will be days when you just want to relax or have a plane you don't worry much about on the really windy days, and that's when the stick will come in handy after you're flying a Yak or Edge for serious 3D.
Ibid on the Stik.
I had a heli guy going to planes for the first time, ask the same question last year and I let him fly my stick ( with a buddy box ).
He only needed two or three flights to get acclimated to flying planes.
I talked him through imaginary landings on the first flight and let him land it ( VERY SLOWLY ) on the second.
After that about a half dozen touch and goes and he was good to go.
Two weeks later he shows up with his own Big Stik 60 and he's been loving it ever since.
He agrees that it was the best choice for a heli guy stepping up (
) to planes....