Dennis,
Try Real Flight G2 lite, if you get it from Tower Hobbies the lite version will not cost as much as one trainer, If you don't like it sell it on EBAY. I believe you can solo on your first flight if you had like 5 to 6 hrs on RF, believe me you will like it so much you'll fly a lot more than that. I wish they would of had it when I started as I would have had to buy one less trainer as well. I use the full version now to fly 3D fun fly stuff, I can do a lot by trying and crashing and rebuilding my airplane by hitting the space bar, the learning curve for new in your face down in the dirt move is better tried on the sim... trust me. If you like the lite up grade to the full version and advance your flying abilities much quicker and cheaper than flying the real airplanes ONLY, I must say that what Billy said about the stuff at the field like tunning, learning to take turns, where and what your pin is can only be accomplished at the field. Keep this in mind, I have read flying a sim for one hr is the same as 1 day at the field. One last thing, please don't take what people say personally here at the post, cause most people here want the hobby to grow and only want you to be successful and stay in the hobby instead of getting frustrated and taking up knitting or basket weaving instead. LeeU