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Article: Boeing taps Portland for jet-size paint job.
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- March 17, 2007
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Byline: Alex Pulaski
Mar. 17--Brand-new, green-sheathed Boeing jets will begin touching down at Portland International Airport this summer to be painted inside two giant hangars.
A 15-year lease agreement between Boeing and the Port of Portland, scheduled to be approved by Port commissioners next week, promises several dozen jobs and expands the airline manufacturer's Oregon presence.
The deal also opens a new chapter in the life of the scandal-tainted hangars that drained tens of millions of dollars from the state's public-employee retirement fund.
The Port, which operates PDX, issued $50 million in revenue bonds in the early 1990s ...