Well, I will put my 2 cents in! I taught my self to fly , I think now days anyone with a large enough place to fly can have a great measure of success, Planes have came along way, the morden trainer if set up properly is very hard to crash. There design will self level the wings if you stop fooling around with the ailerons! ( I have flown many a trainer and I all ways take one to the field, from the Alpha 40 - p-51 pts) Landings can be hard to learn, so keep them simple , come in strait your line up with the rudder ( wings will stay leveler ) and slowly ease of the throttle and try to glide in with a little power ( to prevent a stall). I have been told by other pilots that I should try to stay 3 mistakes high, so that there would be plenty of room to recover If for some reason I did something dumb, I don't do it but it make's since. When its time to move up to your second plane have it looked over by a pro, ( because you are not a pro , no matter how well you fly the trainer, I learned this the hard way)


A little side note , I joined a club about a year after first learning to fly, since than I have never flown a new plane's first flight without being attached to a buddy box, its a lot less stressful, and it can save you from the long walk of shame! Good Luck I know you will do fine. It is meant to be fun, let it be that way!