 Whilst being passionate for yachting in his youth, Schrodt maintained a strong interest in flying, travelling each day in order to clean hangars in exchange for 10 minutes of flying lessons.After completing flight school, he became a pilot for Lufthansa at 19 years old; Schrodt retired in 2002 to focus on aerobatic flying.Schrodt's aviation career has seen him take the German Aerobatic Championship five times, as well as the 2001 and 2005 Freestyle World Aerobatic Championship and the 2002 and 2004 Freestyle European Championships.