bri69,

Here's my advice, then my background. Follow the good advice in the above posts and find an instructor and flying field. I move a lot and have found the local hobby shops can generally point me in the right direction.

That said, I taught myself to fly R/C. I was one of those idiots (yes, I said it) who said "I fly real planes, I can fly one of these toys." These are not toys and regularly prove that they can indeed kill someone. My first 3 flights together totalled less than 30 seconds and for a while I was keeping the epoxy manufacturers in business single-handedly. I've now been flying for almost 20 years and finally learned how to regularly bring my planes home in as many pieces as I left with although it took 4 planes and about 5 years to figure out.

Get an instructor!!

Good luck,

Droopy