Is that a 'Ready 2' I spied there PMK?
Great learning plane.
The Ready 2 is ok, but as its moulded plastic it weighs a LOT, so needs at least an Irvine 53 to run well. It also does not glide or dead-stick very well at all
I would have an Irvine Tutor 40 any day of the week. Have one in the loft I haven't flown for nearly a year. Put a OS 40La in for training, then fit a J'en .47 in for a mad thrash around.
See my thread 'Rc model gliders'
As for real planes, you cannot get much better a fighter than the SU-37, in a training dogfight, the Sukhoi had the Eurofighter for breakfast, then moved on to the Raptor...
As for oldies, I like the old 'stringbag', the Lightning, Spitfire and Minimoa glider.