The' Thing'…N3M…WTF

It seems the second? airframe registered N3M (named ‘Hands Off’?) was destroyed in an airshow crash which Charles Daniels did not survive (in Virginia, October 1950)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950-Press-Photo-Charles-Bailey-killed-crash-smallest-aircraft-/351121962797?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item51c07ff72d

Here’s another view of the endplate wing N3M from a different file of scanned negatives in the Iredell County Public Library Flickr account seem to be two different airframes with that number, this one Cub-based the other Aeronca based?

I imagine it must have had a relatively high take off and landing speed ?

Hi All,
Found this .

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N3M

Geoff.

The Thing was a build by Charles Bailey, flew in 1949, cancelled from the register by November 1950. Bailey was the FBO form Madison NC. A 115hp Lycoming. Contains a lot of Piper Cub parts apparently.

Well it seems to have flown, albeit with end plates marked ‘Hands Off’? with a different paint job, and at an Air Show in North Carolina


crops from Flickr originals https://www.flickr.com/photos/icplphotos/8389949410/in/photostream/

EDIT…and comparing the various views the windows don’t match up suggesting continuous modifications/different airframes??

The Thing was a build by Charles Bailey, flew in 1949, cancelled from the register by November 1950. Bailey was the FBO form Madison NC. A 115hp Lycoming. Contains a lot of Piper Cub parts apparently.