An ideal beam of light follows a perfectly straight path in free space, like a "light saber" in Hollywood movies. In reality a light beam is just a pattern of light waves that evolves by diffraction. Create an unusual initial pattern and exotic optical properties can result. One such exotic form of light is the Airy beam, in which the point of peak intensity follows a curved parabolic path, like a ball thrown into the air. Airy beams have many applications, for example in laser welding or optical manipulation of tiny particles. Quite recently (2010) it was suggested suggested that Airy beams can created by intentionally misaligning simple cylinder lenses to create an image abberation called coma. We have used this simple method to create high quality Airy beams with modest equipment. We found remarkable agreement with theoretical predictions.