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There are two verb tense errors in this paragraph. Correct them:

Indeed, whilst the Chinese allegedly strapped prisoners onto kites in the sixth century, and Elmer of Malmesbury was recorded as having glided for more than an eighth of a mile before crashing and breaking both his legs, it was not until the start of the 1900s that scientific attempts are made to get a man off the ground under his own steam. These bicycles-on-wheels might seem comical to today’s aeronauts, but in 1912 they are good enough to help Gabriel Poulain scoop a prize of 10,000 francs, having allegedly flown his contraption more than a metre off the ground for distance of 10 metres.

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The first error is in bold text below:

"... it was not until the start of the 1900s that scientific attempts are made to get a man off the ground under his own steam."

In the above sentence, the word "are" is in the incorrect verb tense. To be grammatically correct, the word "are" should be replaced by "were".

The second error is in bold text below:

"These bicycles-on-wheels might seem comical to today’s aeronauts, but in 1912 they are good enough to help Gabriel Poulain..."

In the above sentence as well, the word "are" is in the incorrect verb tense. To be grammatically correct, the word "are" should be replaced by "were".