I would start by checking into a local hobby shop. Get some info on clubs in the area that you can fly at. If there are a few visit them to see if it's somewhere you want to spend time.

Once you get with a club ask for help on picking a good plane to start with and get connected to a trainer.

I would start this route for a few reasons. A club you may wind up going to may not allow gas or glow planes. You want a trainer to start, harder to fly then drive the Traxxas around.

Better to start right and enjoy yourself then to start wrong and dump a bunch of cash.