Those planes aeajr posted were some great ones.

I learned to fly on my own and think anyone can learn by themselves providing the right circumstances. The first planes I flew were the Parkflyers Cessna and Beginair. Also flying my little super sonic is a lot of fun. Just recently flew my edge 540 and did ok. Didn't try anything too fancy. Was just happy to get it up, trimmed and back down safely.

I did a lot of sim training on the G2 before hand mostly on the Cessna and Cap 232. The FMS Sim is a free one to use.

Also the FMA co-pilot for $89 can be used to help in training with planes that don't have self correcting wing.