Hi johnnybegood,
I hope you consider this good advice. R/C is a wonderfull lifetime hobby. You can ruin the whole thing by plunging in and having some bad experiences. You already had some bad experience. The most important thing to do now is to learn to fly and have a good time with it. I had about 30 crashes with my trainer as I was learning to fly. I had 2 leasons from a trainer and did the rest alone. Today many students learn to fly and will solo without ever having crashed. There are many clubs in your area, Pittsburgh, PA. You need to find an instructor to teach you. Every club I know of has willing instructors that teach for free. You need to join the AMA and the club you choose, but you will have a good experience. Here is how to find clubs in your area:

Go to http://www.modelaircraft.org/programs.asp Click on click on About AMA, then on Charter Club.

Resist purchasing other planes until after you have learned to fly and can do it well.