RE: Newbie!
At our club, you will get a chance to show your skills. If you can fly well enough that you are not a danger to others and willing to follow our simple field rules... only then will we let you fly solo. Applies to everyone unless they are well known from a local club.
15 years is a lot of rust to knock off and things have changed a great deal, even in the last 5 years the technology has changed.