Ramapriya wrote:

2. We know it's possible for an aircraft to fly at angle to the
direction in which it's pointing. Does anyone know why does such a
thing not happen in boats or ships?

It does -- it's called "leeway". Sailing ships and boats make more leeway than power
ones do.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.