Which airport are you flying too?

I flew that flight. You're right. If you track the 010 radial, you end up missing the airport to the east.

So........  I ran the flight plan through DUATS and here's what it gives:

From: BHM -- Birmingham AL
To:   KUOS -- Sewanee TN (Franklin County)
Alt.: 4,000 ft.  Profile: 90G
Time: Thu Dec 21 18:54 (UTC)

No-wind option selected.
Routing options selected:  Direct.
Flight plan route:
 GAD

Flight totals: fuel: 9 gallons, time: 1:06, distance 115.9 nm.

    Ident  Type/Morse Code  |                                   | Fuel
    Name or Fix/radial/dist    |                                   | Time
    Latitude Longitude Alt.     | Route   Mag  KTS  Fuel | Dist
---+--------+---------+----   -| Winds   Crs  TAS  Time |------
1. BHM    Apt.                     | Temp    Hdg   GS  Dist |  0.0
    Birmingham AL                |--------+----+---+------ | 0:00
    33:33:46  86:45:12    6     | Direct             3.5      |  116
---+--------+---------+-----     | N/A     054  103  0:24 |------
2. GAD    --.  .-  -..              | +10C    054  103    42 |  3.5
    d112.3 Gadsden               |--------+----+---+------ | 0:24
    33:58:35  86:05:00   40    | Direct             5.2 |   74
---+--------+---------+-----    | N/A     005  108  0:42   |------
3. KUOS   Apt.                    | +9 C    005  108    74   |  8.7
    Sewanee TN (Franklin Co |--------+----+---+-----  -| 1:06
    35:12:18  85:53:53   20   |                        |    0
---+--------+---------+-----     |                                 |------









As you can see.. it calls for the 005 radial from GAD. And that works out perfectly in the sim too (tried it).

I think, maybe the FSX flight planner was expecting you to do an instrument approach.

Either way (I never use the FS flight planner). Try plotting it on a real sectional and you'll get a 005 from GAD.