RE: Your first CL Plane? just for fun
PT-19, then a Baby Flite Streak.
Bought a couple of McCoy Red-Heads and a full-fuselage Flite Streak (Combat Streak?) for $10 bucks (a LOT of money!) and, knowing no better, flew the thing on 60' lines of braided 50 lb test fishing line, until a castor-soaked mass of paper, Ambroid, and balsa wouldn't fly any more...