I just learned on a hangar 9 Alpha 40, easy to assemble, and fly, was soloing after 3rd flight. You may want to consider the new P51 Mustang trainer, I wish it was available when I was shopping for my RTF!! For me it would have made sense since I want to go to scale flying and eventually to warbirds.'
Oh, be sure and look through not only the RTF forums, but the "beginners" forums, there are all sorts of pro's and con's to different RTF's that others have experienced, like engine problems, assembly problems etc. reading these boards are what steered me to the Alpha over most of the others (price had something to do with it too ).
Cheers!