I've got a Hobbico Electristar and it's a good second plane in my opinion because of cost and speed. It's not as slow & easy as you might think.
I taught myself with a SkyFly. You can get one for $99 at just about any hobby shop. Comes with everything. Charge & fly.
When you wreck it, it's easy to fix and parts are cheap if you really hurt it.
I also did a lot of learning on the Real Flight R/C slight sim. Costs nothing to "virtually" crash plus you can try out lots of different planes. It's surprisingly realistic!

that's my .02