Kaz Garas ("Lucas") had previously played Steve Trevor in the 1974 TV movie "Wonder Woman" which starred Cathy Lee Crosby.
The pilot (Jan Ivan Dorin) states he dumped "the cargo" at "31.20 North and 118.32 West" in decimal degrees. This places the location approximately 145 miles directly south of Catalina Island, located just off the coast of Long Beach, California. Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner) mentions to the Navy officer in the scene after the opening credits about a Soviet jet "taking a nose dive off of Catalina Island".