RE: Help with first plane choices!
Me and my dad did a similar thing 3 years ago and the hobbyzone supercub LP was perfect If you get the one with the 2.4 GHz radio download the RC desk pilot Sim and you can hook up your transmitter with the computer with a $15 adapter cable that you can get from your local hobby shop. From one of the links on the RC desk pilot website you can download a supercub model for the sim. It may not work for you but it sure did for me and my dad.
JM