Dennis Quaid performs the closing song "I'll Fly Away"
The third collaboration between Dennis Quaid and director Sean McNamara after 2011's Soul Surfer and the to-be-released Reagan.
White had not more than 129 hours of flight time in Cessna 172s prior to Easter 2009. This is significantly different than the movie, which depicts White (Dennis Quaid) as having piloted just "one discovery flight" where he nearly crashed and had to hand over the controls to his instructor.
Dennis Quaid and Heather Graham previously worked together in 2012's At Any Price.
Jesse Metcalfe comes from Connecticut. His character, Kari Sorenson, is living and calling from there, during the film.