I should have been more specific, my first plane meaning the first one I buy. I have a friend that has been gracious to teach me using his aircraft and I have been "training" on a Realflight G3.5 simulator since the first of the year. While I still consider myself to be "green" I am very familiar with what does what. I have been putting off buying anything till I felt I was ready. That little red button saved me a bunch of money the first few months.