Thx to all those who took the time to participate.
I had a very tough time deciding on a winning banner but in the end I have decided that ami is the winner... Congratz ami

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Feedback to all who entered:
Fried Chicken - Nice attempt, liked the idea of the cockpit but the end result just seemed like it wasnt visually appealing enough to grab new users to my site.
Ezrap - Also very nice banner, I liked the font used at the bottom although I found that font a bit small and once again, not an attention grabbing banner (took me 3 views to see the X was actually flashing), but thought it was a good attempt.
Josephine - Very nice indeed. It was between you and ami in the end. I really liked your black box with the text effects as well as the red semi circle with the Join Now text. However I felt the black box was in the wrong place maybe at the bottom rather than in the middle as it was covering all the planes... Also I just didnt like the fact that next to the black box there was that distinct line almost bisecting the banner in half. But thank you indeed, you made it a tough choice for me to decide! Very appealing banner.
Ami - You kept it simple. I really liked the way you finished off the wings on both sides of the banner. If i can just have one change and that is to add "Join Now" to the text. So it will display "FLIGHT SIMULATOR" pause "AVIATION FORUMS" pause and then "JOIN NOW" pause. Keep it the same size and font but maybe a different colour for the JOIN NOW text, like a yellow.
Thx again to all who entered and good luck with future projects.