You seem to have missed the "will probably be the club I join and receive training from", and the "just incase I get in trouble and my trainer doesn't realize" parts of my post. I had always planned on finding a trainer. The simulator time is just to help me get the feel of flying from the 3rd perspective so I don't make a stupid mistake on the field that could have easily been avoided. After a rather poor experience with a piece of junk Cox EZ-Bee (Heh, that was the worst excuse for a plane I have ever seen. It was too large for that microscopic engine.) several years ago I have little desire to convert my brand new plane into a nice pile of broken balsa wood.