Note that this thread started last August. Hopefully anyone reading it back then is flying by now.

Additional suggestion: A very basic trainer, although useful, is soon outgrown. A plane trimmed to fly well but using a handle with lines closely spaced to limit control is much more useful. As you learn to fly you can move controls further apart until you have full capability of the plane.

As Lou mentioned, a Skyray 35 is a good plane.

George