Uh, im sorry to disappoint you Born To Fly, but I haven't had any of those Great Planes. It's just waaaaay out of my budget.

As for the Vietnamese planes, they are very cheap; and mind you, cheap doesn't mean that it's quality is poor. It seems everyone in my flying group starts out with either a Vietnamese plane or China made plane (not GP). These planes never top $1000 approx. like the Great Planes' planes do. They hang around the $200 range, with some going as low as $103!