Question

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

Indeed,whilsttheChineseallegedlystrappedprisonersontokitesinthesixthcentury,andElmerofMalmesburywasrecordedashavingglidedformorethananeighthofamilebeforecrashingandbreakingbothhislegs,itwasnotuntilthestartofthe1900sthatscientificattemptsaremadetogetamanoffthegroundunderhisownsteam.Thesebicycles-on-wheelsmightseemcomicaltotoday’saeronauts,butin1912theyaregoodenoughtohelpGabrielPoulainscoopaprizeof10,000francs,havingallegedlyflownhiscontraptionmorethanametreoffthegroundfordistanceof10metres.

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