ATTEMPTING TO AVOID ENRTE WX; PLT RETURNS TO LAND AT DEP ARPT AND IS ADVISED OF P49 VIOLATION.

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THE ACFT; A NANCHANG CJ6-A IS A CHINESE PRIMARY TRAINER. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A RADIO; XPONDER; AND ENCODER. THE FLT WAS TO BE A PLEASURE FLT. WE ARRIVED AT KITTIE HILL ARPT AROUND XA00 TO PREPARE THE ACFT FOR FLT. THE WX WAS HAZY; WITH BROKEN CLOUDS AT ABOUT 1500 FT AGL. I CALLED THE ARPT IN TEMPLE; AND ASKED ABOUT ARR WITH NO RADIO; AS THE INSTALLATION WAS NOT YET COMPLETE. THE WX WAS GOOD; CLOUDS BREAKING UP AND SHOULD BE CLRING BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE. I ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY NOTAMS ISSUED; AND WAS TOLD 'NOT THAT I KNOW OF.' I TOOK OFF AT ABOUT XA45 AND PICKED UP I-35 TO FOLLOW TO TEMPLE. I CLBED ON TOP TO ABOUT 2500 TO 3000 FT MSL AND CONTINUED TOWARD MY DEST. AS WE NEARED APPROX HALF WAY; WE COULD SEE I-35 MOST OF THE TIME THROUGH THE CLOUDS. AS I CONTINUED THE CLOUDS THICKENED; AND WE COULD SEE LESS AND LESS OF THE GND. I KNEW THAT TEMPLE WAS CLRING; SO I MAINTAINED MY COMPASS HDG; EXPECTING TO SEE THE ARPT WITHIN A FEW MINS. I CONTINUED ON UNTIL I FELT WE HAD PASSED THE ARPT; DID A 180 DEG TURN AND HEADED BACK TOWARD KITTIE HILL. ABOUT THIS TIME; WE SAW AN F16 IN THE DISTANCE; BUT HE NEVER CAME CLOSER THAN A QUARTER TO HALF MILE FROM US. I ASSUMED HE WAS WATCHING OVER P49; AND DID NOT REALIZE I WAS CLOSE TO THE RANCH. I CONTINUED S; OCCASIONALLY SEEING THE F16 IN THE DISTANCE. HE NEVER CAME CLOSE OR ACTED AGGRESSIVE TOWARD ME. AFTER NEARING BELTON; I FOUND A HOLE IN THE CLOUDS; DESCENDED; AND RETURNED TO KITTIE HILL ARPT. UPON LNDG AT KITTIE HILL ARPT; I WAS MET BY THE CITY POLICE AND WAS ASKED TO REMAIN UNTIL A SECRET SERVICE AGENT ARRIVED. I WAS THEN INFORMED THAT I HAD PENETRATED THE PROHIBITED AREA. I TOLD THE AGENT WHAT HAD HAPPENED; AND THEN HE LEFT.