If you want to get your feet wet, intro to R/C airplane flying at the park, the Champ sounds great, if you wish to take thing to the next level, get instruction at your local R/C club. I learned to fly control lines by my self as a kid and moved into R/C before the advent of the buddy box, so I know it can be done by yourself but it is just to easy to get instruction these days not too.

Bob