Abstract: A method for facilitating remote storage of preflight documentation for a helicopter air ambulance includes filling out a preflight documentation form for a helicopter air ambulance with a specially configured pen, the preflight documentation form including tiny dots printed thereon, and the specially configured pen being configured to electronically record information associated with marks made on the preflight documentation form; electronically communicating the information associated with marks made on the preflight documentation form, together with an identification of the specially configured pen, to a remote server; and generating, at the remote server, an electronic copy of the preflight documentation form including markings or text representative of the marks made on the preflight documentation form. The steps of filling out a preflight documentation form and electronically communicating information occur prior to takeoff of the helicopter air ambulance.