Melkus,

There are a lot of planes on the market today. I suggest you think about what type of flying you want to do - sport, 3D, pattern, pylon racing, scale, ????? and from there start making a list of the available planes, regardless of cost. From there, start to narrow down you selection based upon your criteria and the capabilities of the various designs out there. Also look on the bay and see what is out there - you can get some sweet deals on older planes that fly as good or better than todays.

Hogflyer