Fysh later wrote, "We were convinced of the important part aircraft would eventually play in transporting mail, passengers and freight over the sparsely populated and practically roadless areas of western and northern Queensland and North Australia."
After completing their survey Fysh prepared a landing strip in Darwin for the Defence Department and stayed on to welcome the winners of the air race, Ross and Keith Smith, who touched down in their Vickers Vimy on 10 December 1919.
Fysh rejoined McGinness and they again sought financial backing, this time for an air service. Graziers were sympathetic, having first-hand experience of the vagaries of travelling in the outback where there were no roads and no bridges across frequently flood-swollen rivers. When wet, the black Queensland soil turned into thick, cloying mud, isolating communities for months at a time.