The toy you have chosen will do nothing to help you fly the plane you intend to buy. Turns are accomplished by speeding up and slowing down one of the two propellers, that will not prepare you for the way that most RC planes fly 3 or 4 channel. The simulator is a good idea, and can help immensely when learning to fly RC, however, a sim is not  "real world."  Neither the toy plane or the simulator is going to prepare you for the YAK. I would suggest:

1. Find a club with a good instructor in your area and ask for advice. This is usually a good step for a new RC pilot with no experience and he/she will usually point you in the right direction. Good planes to start with and which instructors may accept are:

E-Flight Apprentice
Flyzone Sensei

2. If no club/instructor can be found in your area, then buy yourself a real RC type plane to start off with. I can suggest 4 that would be good if you need to "go it alone." They are:

Hobbyzone Champ
Hobbyzone Firebird Stratos
Hobbyzone Super Cub
Ares Gamma 370

All of these planes have great customer support from their respective distributors and parts are readily available at most hobby shops. Also, you may want to get a good radio system to start out with. Systems from Futaba, JR, Hitec, Spektrum, Graupner and Airtronics are all good brands to go with.