I agree 100% with Scar. Go with a sim. After I had 3 instructor flights, and all winter off, so I bought a sim. Realflight G2. I practiced at that for 2 months, and still couldn't get time to go to the "field". My job has me on call 24/7, nonstop. I finally bought a roller and started rolling my field every time I mowed. I took the plane out and taxied it 4 or 5 tankfulls w/o the wing attached. Got bored. Attached the wing, took off, and spent the next 5 minutes checking out my lineup on the runway with my knees knocking, but the most huge grin on my face. ( I already knew the setup would fly, and spent quite a while making sure everything was taken care of, trims, idle, etc.). I backed off the throttle, and finally set down on my runway. You can learn on your own, just make certain that you learn everything you can by reading and fully understanding everything that you can before you take off. Good luck.