We experimentally generate an Airy beam with polarization structure while
keeping its original amplitude and phase profile intact. This class of Airy
beam preserves the acceleration properties. By monitoring their initial
polarization structure we have provided insight concerning the self-healing
mechanism of Airy beams. We investigate both theoretically and experimentally
the self-healing polarization properties of the space-variant polarized Airy
beams. Amplitude as well as the polarization structure tends to reform during
propagation in spite of the severe truncation of the beam by finite apertures.
