A PA-32 CFI VIOLATES A TFR DURING HIS VFR FLT USING A CORRIDOR WITH A XPONDER CODE NEAR ZZZ; U.S.

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I RECEIVED WX BRIEFING AND FILED IFR FROM A TO B. I ALSO FILED A RETURN IFR FLT PLAN FOR B TO C. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL FLT TO B; I DECIDED TO CANCEL MY RETURN IFR FLT PLAN AND FILE VFR; AS THE WX WAS ACCEPTABLE AND I FELT I COULD GET BETTER WINDS AT THE LOWER ALT VFR PERMITTED. I FILED THE VFR FLT PLAN WITH FSS VIA THE 800 NUMBER AT ABOUT XA40. FILED FLT PLAN WAS DIRECT; WITH INITIAL CRUISE ALT OF 5500 FT. NO MENTION WAS MADE OF THE TFR. I OPENED MY FLT PLAN VIA RADIO OVER THE ZZZ VOR. I FLEW BACK VFR FIRST AT 5500 FT TO CLR XY AIRSPACE; AND THEN DSNDED TO 3500 FT. I FLEW VIA THE PUBLISHED CORRIDOR AT 3500 FT WITH XPONDER CODE. I CLOSED MY FLT PLAN WITH FSS AFTER CLEARING THE CORRIDOR TO THE S; AND CONTINUED MY DSCNT TO A LNDG AT C. IT WAS THEN I WAS ASKED TO CALL APCH. I HAD FLOWN THIS RTE TO B ON FRIDAY IN VFR; AND RETURNED FROM B TO A ON VFR SATURDAY. BOTH TIMES I HAD VERBAL BRIEFING WITH FSS. ON RETURNING HOME; I REVIEWED THE BRIEFING MORE CAREFULLY; AND FOUND THE TFR IN THE FDC NOTAMS SECTION; SEPARATE FROM THE NUMEROUS TFR'S FOR THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND ENHANCED CLASS B RESTRS. I SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS INFO SHOULD BE MORE PROMINENTLY PLACED; PERHAPS IN THE NOTAMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AIRWAYS AND FACILITIES RELATED TO THE FLT. HOW COULD THIS BE AVOIDED IN THE FUTURE? 1. A MORE CAREFUL READING OF ALL THE BRIEFING. THE DATA WAS THERE; JUST LOST TO MY AWARENESS IN THE CLUTTER OF THE FDC NOTAM PAGE. 2. PERHAPS ALL THE TFR'S COULD BE PUT IN THE SAME AREA OF THE FDC NOTAMS; OR HAVE A SEPARATE SECTION OF TFR'S. 3. CLEARLY; USING FLT FOLLOWING WOULD HAVE ALERTED ME TO THIS EARLIER. 4. ALWAYS TALK TO A BRIEFER BEFORE THE FLT. THEY HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR WHICH NOTAMS AFFECT YOUR SPECIFIC FLT. 5. ALWAYS FILE IFR OR USE FLT FOLLOWING.