I started with a of all things, A HobbyZone Aerobird Extreme with an instructor, despite his help the plane still hasn`t flown in 4 years. Earlier this summer, I got a FlyZone Skyfly, took to my local field, got in the air, got a great landing and had a blast, I would reccomend it to any first time flyer, its tough, its cheap and it flys great (its worth noting here I`m a teenager) and after my plane crashed in flury of bad ideas, thanks to my friends, the nose even got bashed in AND yet it still flies great I have had to so some minor work, new canopy, new tail kit but thats it