I got that today too and I noticed the same thing. So I checked the masthead and Freeman isn't listed there anymore.
Freeman previous had been listed as "editor" second on the list behind Steven Werner who was listed as editorial diretor/executive publisher.
this month, Werner did the column, and Jessica Ambats is listed as managing editor.
She had previously been listed as "features editor."
So Freeman is obviously gone.
I was also thinking as I read the mag, "what the heck am I spending money on this for anyway? (Answer: Actually I think a kid in the neighborhood was selling subscriptions for school or something and I'm a sucker for that stuff).
But I must get 8-10 magazines a month and I'll bet I can buy an instrument for what I spend.
So my subscription is up in November and I won't renew. There's just not that much in P&P anymore that I can't find somehwer eelse.
Besides, since Marc Cook took over Kitplanes, that's becoming my favorite magazine.
Oh, and Flying is gone when that subscription is up too. The only thing I read is Lane Wallace and I can stop in the library and read it.