The Producer's Concorde

The Producer's Concorde nicknamed The Shooting Star or just referred to as Concorde is The Producer's main method of transportation in The Adventures of Peter, Paddington & Newton. It's a heavily modified Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde turbojet that he bought after the plane was taken out of service due to high running costs. It's registration name was revealed to be G-BOAB.

Changes and Modifications
The Producer heavily invested in various changes and modifications to make The Shooting Star more efficient for flying and more up to date with other modern aircraft. These are as follows:

Cockpit

 * The original cockpit was overhauled and upgraded to a Glass Cockpit with various LCD screens instead of gauges.
 * No longer a need for a Flight Engineer due to the upgraded Glass Cockpit, reducing the crew size from 3 to 2.

Interior

 * All of the 122 seats in the interior were removed. The interior was made more luxurious with additions such as a TV and digital box set, coffee dispenser, reclining seats that were "borrowed" from British Airways' new First Class section from a Boeing 777, a new galley and even a single bed.
 * The carpet was relayed

Exterior

 * Concorde was given a brand new lick of paint, still in the 1998 British Airways livery. However, the underside was painted navy blue, to match BA's current livery.
 * In board marker pen, the name "The Shooting Star" was written near the side cockpit window.

Specifications
General characteristics Performance
 * Crew: 2 (2 pilots)
 * Capacity: 8 passengers
 * Length: 202 ft 4 in (61.66 m)
 * Wingspan: 84 ft 0 in (25.6 m)
 * Height: 40 ft 0 in (12.2 m)
 * Fuselage internal length: 129 ft 0 in (39.32 m)
 * Fuselage width: maximum of 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) external 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) internal
 * Fuselage height: maximum of 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) external 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) internal)
 * Wing area: 3,856 ft2 (358.25 m2)
 * Empty weight: 173,500 lb (78,700 kg)
 * Useful load: 245,000 lb (111,130 kg)
 * Powerplant: 4 × General Electric GE55 Afterburning turbojets
 * Dry thrust: 50,000 lbf (222 kN) each
 * Thrust with afterburner: 65,000 lbf (289 kN) each
 * Maximum fuel load: 210,940 lb (95,680 kg)
 * Maximum taxiing weight: 412,000 lb (187,000 kg)
 * Maximum speed: Mach 2.24 (≈1,354 mph, 2,179 km/h, 1,176 knots) at cruise altitude
 * Cruise speed: Mach 2.19 (≈1,340 mph, 2,158 km/h, 1,164 knots) at cruise altitude
 * Range: 3,900 nmi (4,488.04 mi, 7,222.8 km)
 * Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,300 m)
 * Rate of climb: 5,000 ft/min (25.41 m/s)
 * lift-to-drag: Low speed– 3.94, Approach– 4.35, 250 kn, 10,000 ft– 9.27, Mach 0.94– 11.47, Mach 2.04– 7.14
 * Fuel consumption: 46.85 lb/mi (13.2 kg/km) operating for maximum range
 * Thrust/weight: 0.373
 * Maximum nose tip temperature: 260 °F (127 °C)
 * Runway requirement (with maximum load): 3,600 m (11,800 ft)