For anyone looking for a really fun remote control airplane for a child, or adult child (like MrNV) I have to point out the Air Hogs Aero Ace. It's a really fun airplane, and incredibly easy to use. I bought MrNV a more complicated (also expensive) plane, but he still prefers to fly the little one. He and Monkey both have one, and they fly them around together outside. I paid $24 for it, so it's not so incredibly expensive that you feel nervous about busting it. Also, it's made of a very solid and flexible foam. I guess what I'm doing is making a suggestion for Christmas presents.. for those that love toys. It's SUpER easy to use, one person can fly it alone. You don't have to have someone helping you get it to lift-off. It will fly for about 15-20 minutes, then you plug it back into the remote and the airplane charges in 10 minutes from the 6AA batteries in that. The batteries work for a long time, really. Considering how quickly they usually drain.
Anyway, you can see more info on the plane here. If you go to Toys-R-Us they have about 8 different designs, and you can purchase I believe up to 3 different frequencies.. so that you can fly 3 at once and they won't interfere with each other.
