Inspiring Virgin Atlantic Female Pilot New Ambassador for Scholarship

Zoe Cameron, an inspirational airline pilot with Virgin Atlantic and author of children’s book Ada and Emily Take to the Skies!, has joined the Attagirls Molly Rose Pilot Scholarship Board of Trustees. Cameron will be the ambassador of the scholarship as she shares the aspiration to promote careers in aviation to girls.

Created by Aetheris Publishing and supported by the book and feature film ‘Attagirls', the ‘Attagirls Molly Rose Pilot Scholarship' is an initiative to encourage young women to consider a career in aviation and particularly as a pilot. The scholarship awards a full Private Pilot's Licence (PPL) to an individual who has demonstrated an interest in flying as a career. The scholarship is named after Molly Rose (neé Marshall), whose life story inspired the book and film Attagirls, which are based on her time in the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) during World War II.

The successful winner of the scholarship will obtain her flying training with the Marshall-owned Cambridge Aero Club, which was founded in 1930 by Molly Rose's brother Arthur (later Sir Arthur) Marshall.

As the daughter of a pilot who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) as well as in commercial aviation, Cameron was inspired to follow a career in aviation from a young age.  She was an Officer Cadet in the Manchester and Salford University Air Squadron and after university trained to become a commercial pilot, completing training in 2007 and thereafter commencing a career in UK-based airlines flying the B757, A320, A330, A340 and the A350.

Cameron's book, Ada and Emily Take to the Skies! was published in 2020.  She hopes that the book will help to promote careers in aviation to younger girls in an exciting and enjoyable way. The story is of two girls, Ada and Emily, who build and fly their own aeroplane.  Cameron is passionate about ensuring that more young women are able to enjoy careers in the aviation industry.