  We have designed and made an optical fibre that guides an approximate Airy
pattern as one of its guided modes. The fibre's attenuation was 11.0 dB/km at
1550 nm wavelength, the match between the fibre's mode and the ideal infinite
Airy pattern was 93.7%, and the far field resembled a top-hat beam. The
guidance mechanism has strong similarities to photonic bandgap guidance.
