Gallery: Hunting for Treasures in a Massive Aircraft Boneyard

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    Noah Landis, Brandi Whitley and writer Alan Devenish walk through a field of decommissioned 747s.
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    Noah Landis climbs into the bottom of a decommissioned 747 at Pinal Airpark in Marana, Arizona, while scavenging parts for his denim factory, Kent Denim.
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    Controls in the cockpit of a decommissioned 747 at Pinal Airpark in Marana, Ariz.
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    Noah Landis crawls out from inside the nose of a decommissioned 747 at Pinal Airpark.
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    Oxygen masks still hang from the decommissioned 747s.
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    Brandi Whitley, whose company owns the decommissioned planes Landis was scavenging from, helps to keep track of each of the items that Landis needs removed from the plane.
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    An item with low resale potential aboard a torn-down 747
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    Noah Landis pretends to use the flight attendant's phone while scavenging parts of a decommissioned 747 at Pinal Air Field in Marana, Ariz. Landis is looking to give his denim factory an aviation theme.
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    Noah Landis scavenges for parts in one of the more gutted decommissioned 747s at Pinal Airpark.
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