If you are near a club, see if they have a basic trainer to learn on. Basic Trainers are great but soon you want something better.

In addition to the great planes recommended above, SIG makes some good basic flyers. For .049 they have the Skyray, for .10-.15 they have the Akromaster, and for .20-.35 they have the Skyray 35.

Set up the controls for normal operation on the plane but get a fully adjustable control handle so you can minimize control movement by setting the spacing on the handle closer than normal. This way you can add more control as you gain experience.

Modern Fox .35's usually don't need as much break-in as the older ones but I would still consider a modern .20 or .25 instead.

The Flite Streak is an excellent plane.

George