I too have wanted an R/C plane since I was a kid. (now 33) I would go to the hobby store & stare at the planes for hours as a teenager. For the last 10 years or so, my wife would always ask me what I wanted for christmas and I would tell her an R/C airplane to which she would just roll her eyes.
Last October I had a fresh expense check for $250 from work and a friend of mine said he wanted to go look at R/C planes. Lets just say that I left the store with a new RTF electric & spent every waking hour either flying or fixing it. Since then I have bought a Nexstar, built a Sig Somethin' Extra, & am almost finished with my Goldberg Ultimate. My wife can't believe how much fun I am having and R/C is the part of my life that's always been missing.