PLT IN A BE35 INADVERTENTLY FLEW THROUGH P49 RESTR AREA ON VFR FLT FROM F55 TO AUS.

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FLT WAS VFR FROM GRANBURY; TX; TO AUSTIN; TX. WX WAS NOT A FACTOR. TO AVOID RESTR AIRSPACE FOR THE ARMY'S FORT HOOD COMPLEX; A DOGLEG RTE WAS FLOWN WITH A TURN POINT OVER TEMPLE VOR. CRUISING ALT WAS 3500 FT MSL. DURING VECTORS TO A VISUAL ILS RWY 17L; THE CTLR SAID 'FOR A POSSIBLE PLTDEV; GIVE ME YOUR NAME; FULL CALL SIGN AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.' I ASKED HIM TO REPEAT HIS REQUEST. I REPLIED WITH MY CALL SIGN AND ASKED FOR HIS PHONE NUMBER SO THAT WE COULD TALK AFTER I LANDED. HE REPEATED HIS REQUEST TWICE AND I RETURNED THE SAME RESPONSE. HE THEN GAVE ME A FREQ CHANGE. THE NEW CTLR IDENTED HIMSELF AS A SUPVR AND AGAIN ASKED FOR MY INFO. I GAVE HIM MY PHONE NUMBER AND ASKED FOR HIS SO THAT WE COULD TALK ON THE GND. DURING OUR CONVERSATION (ON THE PHONE); HE SAID THAT GREY APCH (HOOD AAF) HAD IDENTED MY ACFT AS HAVING FLOWN THROUGH RESTR AIRSPACE ESTABLISHED BY A TEMPORARY NOTAM OVER PRESIDENT BUSH'S RANCH IN CRAWFORD; TX. I ASKED WHERE CRAWFORD; TX; WAS AND HE DESCRIBED IT AS THE 240 DEG RADIAL FOR 15 NM FROM WACO VOR. I THINK THAT THE NOTAM SYS IS A GOOD IDEA; BUT IT IS BROKEN. THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY NOTAMS TO SIFT THROUGH. SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE DESERVES WIDER EXPOSURE. WE GOT A MASSIVE MEDIA CAMPAIGN WHEN THE AIRSPACE AROUND DFW CHANGED. WE GET PERIODIC NOTICES SENT TO OUR HOME ADDRESSES ABOUT COMING SAFETY MEETINGS. I DID NOT FIND ANY BULLETINS POSTED AT THE FBO IN AUSTIN IN THE PLT PLANNING ROOM. I WAS ALSO UNABLE TO GET THROUGH TO A BRIEFER WHEN I CALLED FSS FOR MY RETURN FLT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT HE HAS FLOWN THE RTE TO AUS MANY TIMES IN HIS BE35. HE SAID IT WAS A VERY CLR DAY AND DECIDED TO FLY VFR TO HIS DEST. HE SAID HE RECEIVED A FLYER FROM THE FAA AFTER THE CLOSURE DESCRIBING THE NEW RESTR AREA. HE SAID OTHER PLTS HE KNEW ALSO RECEIVED THE NOTICES LATE. HE WAS CONTACTED BY THE FAA TO ATTEND A 2-HR TRAINING COURSE ON NOTAMS AS A RESULT.