There is more to flying jets than skill and experience. You can call it anxiety, fear, pucker, ect. Your heart rate raises, adrenaline flows and during these times you can take too much time to make a move and maybe make it in the wrong direction. With a jet a wrong move is a crash. I have built, owned and flown 3 of the jets mentioned and presently own one. It was my second jet and it still has gotten in front of me a few times. It also doesn't take to hard landings well ( you will make some hard landings!!). It flys very well and glides great but I'm glad I flew a Rookie for my waiver before the F16. It is small and gets smaller real fast at full throttle. And as mentioned, the white version is hard to see on a hazy day. It depends on your age more than your experience IMHO. If you are under 50 and fly 100 mph+ planes now you will probably be OK. But if you are getting senior discounts at Denny's, I would suggest buying a spare airframe or a Boomer. It also depends on who you are getting to help you on the box.