On February 22nd, the Oasis Flight 1937 resumed after a one-year hiatus. The long-distance competition, organized by the Egyptian Aero Club, had no restrictions on entries. The scoring was based on the following formula:
N = 100 (6 v/V + 12 P/p + 4 d/D + C/20)
where
N is the number of points,
V is the maximum speed of the best participant,
v is the speed of the participant being evaluated,
P is the lowest fuel consumption per passenger mile of the best
participant,
p is the fuel consumption of the aircraft being evaluated,
D is the best flight range of a participant,
d is the flight range of the participant's aircraft being evaluated,
C is the number of points reached (constant).
In addition, a technical pre-test assessed travel comfort, safety, etc. The flight itself was divided into two completely separate events: the oasis tour and the speed flight. German participants have been a fixture in the oasis tour for years, primarily the Africa pilot Karl Schwabe. So it was only natural that German aircraft were once again on the entry list, which at takeoff counted the following 41 participants:
