In 1938, Joe Sprinz of the San Francisco Baseball Club attempted to break the record for catching a baseball dropped from the greatest height. Members of the Cleveland Indians had set the record the preceeding year when they caught baseballs dropped about 230 meters from atop a building. Sprinz used a blimp at 260 meters. Ignore the effects of air on the ball. Find the time of its fall, and the speed of its impact.
