Education
As part of her engineering training she had studied at the Royal Military College of Science.
As part of her engineering training she had studied at the Royal Military College of Science.
Salter joined the at the age of 18 to be an Engineering Officer but she went on to train as a pilot after the British government announced that women would be allowed to fly jet aircraft in 1992. Salter was awarded her wings on 3 April 1992 and in August 1994 joined 617 Squadron at Royal Air Force Lossiemouth in August 1994 as a Flight Lieutenant, and was declared combat ready by the Royal Air Force on 21 February 1995. Salter was the first woman to be an operational Tornado pilot and she later flew from both Turkey and Saudi Arabia in protection of the Number-fly zone over Iraq.
Whilst flying ground attack Tornados, Salter started a Master of Business Administration course with the Open University in 1996, being sponsored by the MoD, she completed the course in 1999.
Following maternity leave Salter left the Royal Air Force in 2000 to become head of technical services with an Information Technology infrastructure company. Salter gives motivational talks, and trains air traffic controllers and University Air Squadron cadets at the weekend.
They have two daughters (born July 1998 and January 2002). She has written two books: Energy - 52 ways to fire up your life and become an Energy Angel (Trafford Publishing) and Energize (Hamlyn, January 2009).
