On Saturday, June 22, 2013 7:54:31 PM UTC-7, jfitch wrote:
Question: is there pressure to equip towplanes at contests and for that matter generally with Flarm? The only recent midair in our area between light aircraft was glider and towplane. If the towplane didn't have a Flarm then it would not have helped. Where I fly I am much more likely to be close to a towplane than any other light aircraft (except other gliders), and I don't take tows.

Yes. And I believe that contest organizers can also use the PowerFLARM rental program for towplanes (see http://www.williamssoaring.com/powerflarm/rent.html). And some clubs/FBOs are already there with PowerFLARM equipped towplanes. Ask the operation where you fly and if they don't then it sounds like a great local education and financial issue you can work on with the owners/operator/club