Murdoch gets the idea for his makeshift plane from The Flight of the Phoenix, a 1965 movie starring James Stewart about the survivors of a plane crash in the Sahara who build a new plane out of the wreckage.
Murdock's plane is a 1944 Beech C18S (N81GB serial # 7881). Still airworthy (not crashed) and in Chatham, NY.
Amy Allen and the A Team never appear in the same shot. About the nearest they come to appearing together is at the bus station at the end.
Murdock flies three separate aircraft in this episode.
The first episode since the pilot that the trademark red and black van does not appear.