Adam Logan (credited as Adam Affonso) would later reprise his role as the teenage Sam Beckett in The Leap Home: Part 1 - November 25, 1969 (1990).
Only appearance of Sam's father John Beckett in which he is not portrayed in a dual role by Scott Bakula.
While September 13, 1956 is the date for the leap, two-weeks later, Mach 3 was surpassed. Sam was to test "X-2 on Monday." In reality, USAF Capt Milburn G. Apt broke Mach 3 in a Bell X-2 - number 2. Unfortunately, Capt Apt died when the vehicle went out of control.
Al's name-drop of Roy Hobbs and the lightning strike are references to The Natural (1984) starring Robert Redford as Hobbs.
In the original history, Captain Tom Stratton was killed on September 16, 1956 and his wife Peggy had a miscarriage on the same day.