There are any number of possibilities. But, first off, lets see if we can help with a few things.

There are clubs located in some pretty interesting places, so don't just think there may not be one where you are. Your sign-on only said North Carolina. Be more specific and we can search the AMA to see where a club may be.

This is important because this can help you do several things. 1. It can provide you an outlet for information such as what is being flown at the club by beginners. 2. Instructors available to help (usually for no cost to him). 3. A place to fly with others that are in his same age group, same interests, and so on.

You may find that flying fuel may be better to his liking than electric.. although I have nothing against electric except for duration of flight thus the number of flights dependent on charging or the number of spare batteries he may have. Fuel plane.. well, you can generally get four or so flights on a batter charge and 30 ounces of fuel or so.

I recently bought a Hobbico Super Star RTF (Ready To Fly) glow trainer that was complete. It came with the radio, engine, servo's all mounted, took me about 30 minutes to assemble, then an overnight battery charge on the TX and RX and I was ready to go. I bought it as a trainer for the club, for new people just like your Dad that may show up and not know if they really want to try this or not. We have a system called the Buddy Box that is a wired secondary transmitter that is, as said, wired to the master or main transmitter with a trainer button on the master box. The instructor takes the plane up, flys it to trim, then 'hands it off' to the student and gives verbal lnstructions to the student.

Let us know where you actually are and we will let you know where the clubs are in your area. You never know.

DS.