I’m sure everybody did.
Flying is not cheap, but there are some other means to somehow satisfy your dream.
Last year i came across a simulator that does this for me, and it does a great job.
Condor: The Competition Soaring Simulator is designed to recreate the ultimate experience of competition soaring on your PC.
A lot of attention was put in to create an environment which would create an immersion of real competition flying. This means that the aerodynamics and weather physics were in focus of the development. The result is amazingly real feel of flight in all flight regimes and weather conditions which challenges a real soaring pilot on a competition day.
From the blazing speed of ridge racing to slow pacing thermal races the experience is awsome. I have about 200h of online racing and i can’t get enough of it 
Of course, i still wish for the real deal …
A common quote sais:
If flying were the language of man, soaring would be its poetry
I’ll let you ‘read’ it for yourselves.
Enjoy!
Nice isn’t it?
Now let’s see some action: