Ron,

Your right on the money, thats how i planned to get to flying turbines, your step from 1 to 5.

I'm at step 4, i bought a BVM F-86 as my ducted fan trainer, as i've said before Ducted fan engines have been a hassle Free experence, i have not had any kind of problems regarding starting and running the engine.

In the year that i have been R/C flying each aircraft i bought had was always different from the one i had previous, so i could learn something new all the time. In the 8 airplanes, i have had everything from Scale trainers to projets (2) and complex aircraft, i.e Flaps gear etc, to get the where i am now.

My advice would be to get a Fast prop jet as mentioned above and if you can a ducted fan jet. The way i look at it, i'm enjoying flying ducted fans right now, i did not think in a short space of time i would be where i am now, many people have told me that i'm ready to make the move to turbines based on how they have seen me fly the F-86. I know the day will come when i fly turbines, probably sooner than i think, but whats the rush, it will happen and by then i'll be more experienced from flying D/Fs, i will be used to the speed of how fast they fly.

And more importantly i will feel as sure as i can be that the Turbine jet will take off and land, just like i did with the D/Fs jets i had, still in one piece and ready to fly again

Robert