Clifford M. Sterrenberg

Even with the end of World War II Clifford continued to work as a flight instructor. In 1965 he became the Chief Flight Instructor and aerobatic flight instructor with Rhodell Aviation in Phoenix. Over the next few years, Rhodell became the foremost aerobatics school in the country due in great part to the programs put in place by Clifford. He is one of the few pilots to have spent their entire aviation career as an instructor. His students included both new and experienced pilots several of whom went on to become aerobatic champions. By the end of his career in the late 1980s, Clifford had over 10,000 hours of flight time as an instructor. Clifford Sterrenberg lived in Arizona until his death in 1990.