Be careful about the cheap chinese planes that you find on ebay. While some of them can be great fliers, the directions are often in very broken english and difficult to understand. You might have better luck with those later when you know your way around planes a bit better. The safest thing to do would be to go with something like the aerobird that w8ye mentioned, or the hobbyzone super cub. Both are very popular and have been flown successfully by many beginners. And if you crash one, parts are cheap and easy to find. Neither one is very flashy looking, but both look better than the pile of broken pieces that you're likely to come home with if you go with a plane that's too advanced or not properly set up.