Tower has dropped the price on their Diablo. This is a great airplane in the original configuration (It has some upgrades that a lot of people don't like, but the original is a great way to start)

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...=LXSMM2**&P=ML

And if you already fly helis, you could probably handle one of these too:

http://www.parkflyers.com/html/decathalon_rc_plane.html