BE35 PLT BECOMES DISTR; ENTERS P49 RESTR AREA; IS INTERCEPTED BY F16; EXITS P49 TO LAND AND EXPLAIN ACTIONS.

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THE TRIP BEGAN FROM DMO AND ENDED AT T89. I HAD BOTH MY WIFE AND 2 YR OLD SON ON BOARD. I HAVE MADE THIS TRIP SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST; BOTH IFR AND VFR. I HAD THE FLT PLANNING COMPLETE SAVE WX AND NOTAMS. I AM A MIL PLT. I CHKED WX WITH MIL WX BRIEFERS AND I CHKED NOTAMS THROUGH THE DOD NOTAM SYS. THE WX WAS CLR AND P49 WAS EXPANDING OUT TO 30 NM AND UP TO FL180 -- COULD FLY BTWN 10-30 NM AS LONG AS YOU WERE ON A VFR FLT PLAN AND TALKING TO APCH. I HAD A SAN ANTONIO SECTIONAL WITH THE TFR ON IT. DUE TO SOME LAST MIN WORK; I DEPARTED SEDALIA ABOUT 2 HRS LATER THAN I WOULD HAVE LIKED. I DECIDED NOT TO FILE A VFR FLT PLAN IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND TOOK OFF GPS DIRECT. I FLEW VFR AT 8500 FT MSL UNTIL 40 NM N OF THE TEXAS BORDER; WHERE I STARTED A CLB TO 12500 FT TO FLY OVER DALLAS FORT WORTH CLASS B AIRSPACE. MY PLAN WAS TO DSND TO 10500 FT AND DEVIATE TO THE E AROUND P49 TFR BY TURNING TOWARD GNL VOR. ABOUT 5 MINS PRIOR TO MY DSCNT; MY SON BEGAN VOMITING ALL OVER ME AND MY WIFE. NEEDLESS TO SAY; WE HAD OUR HANDS FULL. I BEGAN A DSCNT AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF DFW'S AIRSPACE; BUT I DID NOT MAKE THE TURN TO THE E TO CIRCUMNAV THE 30 NM TFR. I WAS STILL WIPING VOMIT OFF WHEN I SAW AN F16 FLY BY ON MY L SIDE AND PITCH OVER MY NOSE. I IMMEDIATELY REALIZED MY MISTAKE AND TOOK UP AN EASTERLY HDG OUT OF THE TFR. THE F16 STAYED WITH ME UNTIL I WAS CLR AND THEN DISAPPEARED. I CONTINUED TO MY DEST AND WAS MET ON THE GND AT CASTORVILLE BY THE POLICE. I WAS LATER INTERVIEWED BRIEFLY BY THE SECRET SVC. A COUPLE OF SIDE NOTES: I SQUAWKED VFR THE ENTIRE FLT. BY MY GPS TRACK; I CALCULATE THAT I WAS 13-14 NM AWAY FROM THE RANCH. THINGS THAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT THIS INCIDENT: 1) TAKE THE TIME TO FILE A VFR FLT PLAN. 2) USE FLT FOLLOWING. 3) USE FLT PLAN FUNCTION ON MY GPS. 4) I SHOULD HAVE CALLED NEAREST CTR/APCH AND MADE RADIO CONTACT AFTER F16 INTERCEPT. I HAVE NEVER HAD A DISTR OF THIS MAGNITUDE IN THE COCKPIT (EMERS IN SINGLE SEAT JETS DO NOT STACK UP TO A WIFE'S REACTION). THIS INCIDENT WAS ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE. THE CHAIN COULD HAVE BEEN BROKEN HAD I BEEN TALKING TO WACO APCH OR USING FLT PLAN MODE ON MY GPS. ANOTHER SET OF EYES (CTR/APCH) CAN SAVE YOU -- USE ALL TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THE COCKPIT.