Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I'm definitely still pretty set on one of the gliders to start off with. Opjose, thanks for the info regarding the balsa planes. My initial concern with balsa is that if my first flight results in a catastrophic crash then I may very well trash a significant portion of the plane. However, if I learn to fly well I'll definitely look into a balsa plane in the future due to the ability to fabricate my own parts.