Despite the damage, the Der Dessauer was rebuilt by a small group at the Frederick Polytechnic at Cöthen, not far from Dessau, this time with standard rigid lift struts, and re-christened Der Alte Dessauer. It flew at the 1924 Rhön event, though not until 26 August, near the end of the competition. Whilst on the Wasserkuppe it was flown by the Akaflieg Darmstadt student Otto Fuchs (the 1924 Rhön winner) to an altitude of and covered . It then went to a competition on Monte Sisemol near Asiago and Fuchs brought it home as the only glider undamaged by the rough terrain. In February, Fuchs and Der Alte Dessauer were rope-launched from a snow and ice-covered site near the Zugspitze, going on over Garmisch-Partenkirchen to much applause. Later that year he flew it for 7.75 hours at a competition at Rossitten.