Pete,

all that was said here is great advice. The only thing I could add to it is, after you do a take off, throttle back abit and just get comfy with it. Don't try to do anything with it the first few flights. Just get it around the patch. You are not going to need full power after you level off so pull it back a bit and settle your mind down. I would advise you to have a spotter just incase you need to hand it off. I know what you mean about being able to build because I have for years but would be very nice for your first jet flight to be successful. It's going to be much easyer than you think. Let us know how it came out and even get some Vids if you can. Good luck my friend.

Hooker53