I'm trying to think of a cartoon that was on probably in 1980 or so when I was 3 or 4. I think it was Japanese and kind of Voltron-like, but I think the people flew by themselves. I seem to recall they had a sort of mothership and there was a fat guy. I think their helmets had birds heads on them, which made me think of Thunderbirds, but that was the ghey puppet show.

Am I nuts or did this really exist?