Like many others, I'd suggest you have someone train you. If that isn't going to happen, get a simulator. I have an old Realflight Deluxe, the original version which is at least 10 yrs old now. It is more than adequate to train on. You may be able to pick up an older version of Realflight here on RCU or eBay. Even the original version of Realflight is so good that, if you can take off and land on the on-screen landing strip, then you're ready to solo. Make sure you're not alone but that there's not a lot of specators. You'll want someone there in case you hurt yourself but not so many that you have a chance of hurting someone else. Last; I would highly recommend a 40" span Lazy Bee with a .10 engine. This is, by far, the easiest plane to fly you'll ever find. Its so light and flies so slow that you have a lot of time to recover from mistakes. If you're 6 feet up you've got enough air under you to afford a mistake. Also, because its so light, it won't break when it crashes. I once flew mine into a concrete garbage container at a schoolyard and only collapsed the leading edge between two ribs. It took about 10 minutes to repair. I still have this plane and it'll be the first plane my son flies.