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-{{draft|newsletter|Please feel free to add content you think will be of interest to the FlightGear community. You can read the latest newsletter at [[FlightGear Newsletter May 2015]].}}
 {{Newsletter-header|June 2015}}
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 {{Newsletter-cover-header|Development news}}<br/>
+[[#Feature Freeze|Feature Freeze]]<br/>
+[[#Updated Project Roadmap|Updated Project Roadmap]]<br/>
 [[#Random splash screens|Random splash screens]]<br/>
 [[#ALS flashlight|ALS flashlight]]<br/>
+[[#MP Patch|MP Patch]]<br/>
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 {{Newsletter-cover-header|In the hangar}}<br/>
 [[#Space Shuttle|Space Shuttle developement]]<br/>
+[[#New Furs for the Piper J-3 Cub|Cub Liveries]]<br/>
+[[#EchoAir2015 Traveller|EchoAir 2015]]<br />
 {{Newsletter-cover-header|Scenery Corner}}<br/>
 [[#Großenhain Airfield|Großenhain Airfield]]<br/>
 [[#New Regional Textures|New Regional Textures]]<br>
+[[#Re-release of statto's Rio de Janeiro custom scenery|Re-release of statto's Rio de Janeiro custom scenery]]<br/>
+ | valign="top" width="33%" |
 {{Newsletter-cover-header|Community News}}<br/>
-[[#CaracasWorld - FlyVenezuela|CaracasWorld - FlyVenezuela]]
+[[#CaracasWorld - FlyVenezuela|CaracasWorld - FlyVenezuela]]<br/>
- | valign="top" width="33%" |
+[[#Normandy Landings Commemorative FlightNight|D-Day FlightNight]]<br/>
 {{Newsletter-cover-header|Contributing}}<br/>
 [[#Translators required|Translators required]]<br/>
 [[#FlightGear logos|FlightGear logos]]<br/>
-[[#Screenshots|Screenshots]]
+[[#Screenshots|Screenshots]]<br/>
+<small>[[#Screenshot of the month|Screenshot of the month]]<br/></small>
 |}</div>
 == Development News ==
+=== Feature Freeze ===
+{{FGCquote
+  |Hi all,<br/>
+<br/>
+once again we have reached the feature freeze phase in our release process.<br/>
+>From now on until we have our release/3.6.0 branches (July 17th) please do<br/>
+not commit new features or "major" changes. However, everybody is strongly<br/>
+encouraged to test what we currently have, fix any bug you find and try to<br/>
+get them commited as soon as possible.
+  |{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34214757/
+     |title=<nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] Release 3.6 - entering feature freeze</nowiki>
+     |author=<nowiki>Torsten Dreyer</nowiki>
+     |date=<nowiki>2015-06-17</nowiki>
+   }}
+}}
+{{FGCquote
+  |The whole idea behind the feature freeze is to spend some time on hardening<br/>
+the code instead of hunting for more and more new features. And to give<br/>
+aircraft developers a known status of what to expect from the core for the<br/>
+next release.<br/>
+This freeze covers SimGear, FlightGear and FGData (now incl. Aircraft).<br/>
+FGAddon is _not_ restricted in any way.
+  |{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34214757/
+     |title=<nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] Release 3.6 - entering feature freeze</nowiki>
+     |author=<nowiki>Torsten Dreyer</nowiki>
+     |date=<nowiki>2015-06-17</nowiki>
+   }}
+}}
+{{FGCquote
+  |I'll create the release/3.6.0 branches on July, 17th and bump the version<br/>
+number a few days before that date.<br/>
+<br/>
+Read the full story here:<br/>
+http://wiki.flightgear.org/Release_plan<br/>
+<br/>
+Sidenote:<br/>
+Congrats to James and Stuart for getting in some excellent improvements<br/>
+just in time. And special thanks to the c172p-detailed team who have worked<br/>
+hard on refurbishing our Skyhawk!
+  |{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34214757/
+     |title=<nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] Release 3.6 - entering feature freeze</nowiki>
+     |author=<nowiki>Torsten Dreyer</nowiki>
+     |date=<nowiki>2015-06-17</nowiki>
+   }}
+}}
+=== Updated Project Roadmap ===
+{{FGCquote
+|Following on from the recent discussions about git/svn and attribution on the -devellist, and discussions about the structure and the future of the project on the forum, the group of developers who get together on a weekly Google Hangout organized by Curt realized that we would benefit from a more detailed policy document and roadmap than the high level statement available at [http://www.flightgear.org/about/ http://www.flightgear.org/about/].<br/>
+<br/>
+There is a draft document circulating on the -devel list  ([http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34183645/ http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34183645/]).  If you'd like to comment and take part in the discussion, please subscriber to the -devel list
+| {{cite web
+  | url	= http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=246162#p246162
+  | title  = <nowiki>FlightGear Policy and Roadmap Documents</nowiki>
+  | author = <nowiki>stuart</nowiki>
+  | date   = Jun 8th, 2015
+  }}
+}}
 === Random splash screens ===
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 {{#ev:youtube|12FoeXjfNd0|right}}
-When you just entered your dark aircraft, a flashlight is useful to orientate yourself in the cockpit.
+When you just entered your dark aircraft, a flashlight is useful to orient yourself in the cockpit. It works in Red and White.
 ''Find out more at [[ALS technical notes#ALS flashlight|ALS flashlight]]
+=== MP Patch ===
+After a long pause, the [[Mp-patch|MP Patch]] was included in FG, It's not the perfect solution, but works better than the prévious code.
+Wanting to do a mp refueling, a towing with a glider or some close formation flight? give it a try :)
 == In the Hangar ==
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 [[File: Shuttle OMS full.jpg|600px|Orbital Maneuvering System in action]]
+Systems modeling is also proceeding well. The highlight is a complete simulation of the orbiter's heat balance, including incident radiation from Sun and Earth, internal sources and heat sinks and heat transfer between different parts of the Shuttle. This allows now fairly complex maneuvers. For instance, by bringing the Shuttle into a tail-towards-sun attitude, the radiative heating of the cabin is minimized. This allows the freon coolant to remain a long time in the radiator as it only needs to deal with waste heat from avionics and not from solar heating, leading to a low temperature inside the freon loop. This can later be utilized as a heat sink during atmospheric entry when the radiator can not be deployed - with the freon soaked cold to about 240 K, almost 15 minutes worth of heat can be dealt with without using any other heat sink equipment:
+[[File:Shuttle coldsoak.jpg|600px|Cold-soaking the Shuttle's freon loops in preparation for de-orbit.]]
+=== New Furs for the Piper J-3 Cub ===
+The Piper J-3 Cub now has a working livery system, and three new ones have been added: a yellow and blue livery, a cream livery and a red livery. Repository link: https://github.com/FGMEMBERS/Cub/ and development thread: http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=26587&p=247630#p247630
+[[File:New_Liveries_Piper_Cub.jpg|900px|center]]
+===EchoAir2015 Traveller===
+The EchoAir2015 Traveller is an aircraft that doesn't exist in the real life. It has been designed by D-ECHO and is now available over the forum (Wiki page will follow soon).
+[[File:EchoAir2015.png|900px|center]]
 == Scenery Corner ==
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 This project aims to create new regional textures, particularly for the Southern Hemisphere. Currently, the whole Africa (desert, savanna, rainforest and Mediterranean regions) as well as parts of South America (rainforest) and Southeast Asia (rainforest) have new textures and materials (including new urban textures). Repository link: https://github.com/gilbertohasnofb/new-regional-textures and development thread: http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=26031
 [[File:New_Regional_Textures.jpg|900px|center]]
+=== Re-release of statto's Rio de Janeiro custom scenery ===
+In 2011, the user statto had released an amazing custom scenery for Rio de Janeiro [http://stattosoftware.com/flightgear/ on his website], with much better landclasses than the default one. Over the years though the default scenery of Rio de Janeiro (from TerraMaster) received several nice objects, such as the statue of Christ the Redeemer, very detailed airport biuldings to SBRJ, some cones for air races somewhere close to Flamengo, among others etc. Today I incorporated those objects into his scenery and also tried my best to move the statue of christ to a decent position (which is quite tricky because of how pointy is the mountain in this scenery). This scenery works very well with the [http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=26031 New Regional Textures]. Repository link: https://github.com/gilbertohasnofb/rio-de-janeiro-custom and development thread: http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=26508
+[[File:Rio-de-janeiro-custom.jpeg|900px|center]]
 == Community News ==
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 Legoboyvdlp has created an event which will be the initial event of FlyVenezuela- a Venezuelan Flying Club.
 The first event will be on the 20th, route will be SVMI-SVVP-SVJM. Details later this month!
+===Normandy Landings Commemorative FlightNight===
+To remember all who were involved on both sides.
+{{#ev:youtube|c0RBoXIU-2U|right}}
 == Contributing ==
 === Translators required ===
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 === Screenshots ===
 The FlightGear project always needs screenshots, which show features that were added since the last release.  These should be of good quality, especially in content and technical image properties.  It is therefore recommended to use the best viable filter settings ([[anti-aliasing]], texture sharpening, etc.).  More info at [[Howto:Make nice screenshots]].
+==== Screenshot of the month ====
+After seeing "Screenshot of the month" in earlier newsletter, I thought it was high time to revive the tradition. Please post your entries, along with URL's and descriptions, here: http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=26581. A grand total of fifteen entries is allowed, and there's room for one more,  so get it in before tomorrow! This month's winner will be announced on the forum and displayed here; and the winner is:
+[[File:Bell UH-1D Huey@Matterhorn.jpg|1200px|center]]
-[[Category:FlightGear Newsletter|2015 05]]
+[[Category:FlightGear Newsletter|2015 06]]
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