Hello and welcome to the hobby. An alternate you might also consider would be picking up an Air Hogs Aero Ace. These are ~$40.00 electrics that could be a good gateway.....er I mean intro to RC aircraft. The $40.00 is for everything (plane & transmitter) save a handfull of AA batteries. I had my 7 yr old daughter flying one in about 20 minutes. I believe there is a fairly lengthy thread, on the Aero Ace, in the electrics section. If my (sometimes failing) memory serves me, I believe I first found out about them here.

I stripped off my bottom wings and taped a dime to the nose, after that these fly really nice.