RE: Jet trainer
I see a band wagon forming here.
OK I'll jump on to and say forget the DF.
The boomer intro is a great first jet as is the Reaction 54.
From what I have seen these are two of the best out there right now (but NOT the only good choices).
If you watch the RCU classifieds, both appear fairly often as people move up to bigger and faster jets.
I just got my turbine waiver last month with a Reaction 54 and the Turbine CD said it was the slowest he ever saw a jet go on final.