Although I don't drink, my uncle does and he has come up with a very good idea for cooling wine, beer or soda quick. He keeps a tub of water in his frig all th time. Whenever he has something to cool, he just puts it in the ice cold water and within a few minutes it is really cold. He was able to construct the "tub cooler" in about 1 minute and cost about $2 from Wal-Mart.
As far as the jet engine..... You definately have the coolest thing on the block!