Spend time flying your plane and jaunting off to Paris? 

How far way that city is is irrelevant the moment it is far enough away to gt on a plane. 2hr flight or 7 hour flight still  means packing, driving to the airport and staying in a hotel.

Or I could buy a plane ticket with short notice and fly there for around $650 and it would only take me around 5 hours of flying time.  

That sr22 looks like a real sharp plane.

I have a buddy who's figuring out how planes can use solar power to run their onboard systems, just signed a major deal with Airbus.

If you have business partners and you and your spouse die in a plane crash - will your children want to continue working with your business partner?

Either way can work, but you need to buy a plane ticket/hotel/rental car and go meet the people.

OR if I told you that plane will have a 2% successful flight rate, would you hop on board?

I'd probably us it to buy a ticket to bpcon 2020 and a plane & hotel.

To be honest, I'd really like to stay involved in real estate as I seem to have grown passionate about it, but I'm not sure how since all my properties are a 3hr plane ride away and investing nearby isn't much of an option.