Learning Command had a strange sense of priorities when it came to the topic of night flying torches. It was OK to issue ab initio students with 'Provosts, Jet....Qty 1' for night flying, but torches? Err, no! We were told to provide our own, which had to be attached to our flying suits with the usual bit of string....
One chap dropped his in flight and started pulling on the string until he felt resistance. It had got caught in his lower bang seat handle which was partially out of its housing. So he gingerly replaced it and landed asap.
Another chap was given a simulated total electrics failure. From one leg pocket he produced a lantern on a croc clip which he attached to the coaming. Then he fumbled in the other pocket for a switch... The whole cockpit lit up as if a nuclear bomb had gone off - it was one of those lanterns which farmers used when hunting for lost beasts! QFI and student lost all night vision for a good few minutes, with the QFI laughing hysterically!
After a couple of nights of this nonsense, the CI decided that enough was enough and ordered that we should be issued with those official black stick torches, which were all but useless!