Stebbe, R. 1963 Air Trip Karachi - Delhi Jan. 24 Left Karachi International Airport at 3:45 p.m. Flight time to Delhi to be 2 hrs. & 25 mins., flying at 17000 ft. Plane warm, reward suit cool. 4:00p.m. Flying over much deserted Tan-colored desert land of low relief. General drainage direction to SW. A few green water courses as we left airport - Indus River (delta region). Even in this arid country are patches of cultivated land (dark brown) and a few green fields. An occasional winding river course is seen with water but most are dry (4:05p.m.). Pattern of cultivated fields following dry drainage channels; marked off by tree (or bush) growth on down slope side, gently sloping land to SE below barren or deserted ridge to NW. We are crossing the Thar or Indian Desert. The growth forms 4:15 pm. Crossing river Indus at 1700 ft, 350 m.p.h. Will reach Delhi 6:15 pm. (5:45 pm standard time). Now great patchwork of farms; 50% green, rest shades of brown (crazy quilt arrangement). Large canal & many smaller ones make possible this irrigated sector. Blue haze. "Blow onto"(sandy)